As the economies opened, the business world has shrunk with expanded horizons and increased opportunities, the businesses around the world has one lesson to learn. which is "only the fittest can survive the fierce competition and to sustain the growth" As the business climate began changing, the companies felt the need for innovation, quality, efficiency, customer satisfaction and market leadership that will aid their growth. Of late, the businesses around the world have realized that such innovation, quality and customer satisfaction is guaranteed by superior processes, management practices and excellent planning. All these require excellent number of resources, knowledge and skills to drive the organizations forward. Project Management is a one step forward taken by the professional world adopting itself to a more disciplined approach rather than the age-old practices of casual planning and managing at will. Such disciplined approach resulted in more processes and methodologies to adopt and follow. This has resulted in better outcome of a project. Successful projects boosted the profitability of the organizations around the world. In most cases, successful projects gave the organizations technical and leadership advantage over their peers in the business. The primary purpose of launching "A Professional Guide to Project Management" is to help the aspiring and seasoned project managers with best methodologies and globally acceptable management practices that will help them excel in their career and ambition. In addition, the books helps the project managers identify gaps in their knowledge and understanding and help fill the gap to succeed in their motive. Entire book is divided into multiple processes, process groups and knowledge areas with detailed narration with appropriate examples, thus helping the readers with real life feeling of managing the projects. The book is carefully prepared to suit every segment of business. In other words, the contents of the book can be applied to every industry and drive their projects to a greater success. Besides helping Project Managers, this book can also be used as an input for PMP aspirants, though the contents may be little different from the PMBOK in the sense that this book attempts to establish a real time chain of events in a Project Managers, rather than providing cluster of information without any inter-link between the processes.
About the Author: Sridhar Ragothaman M.S., PMP, is an experienced management professional with over twenty years of strong association with Information Technology & Manufacturing industries. He holds two Masters' degrees in Mathematics and Software Systems. He is a PMI certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He is widely traveled around the world and has associated with large business houses in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Many of his clients form part of Fortune-500 business houses. Sridhar is passionate about delivery, process management and managing stakeholders. He is a strong believe that "ability of a project manager is seen in the success of their projects rather than in lengthy meetings and talks". He played leadership roles in setting up project environments, process management and drive the projects towards greater successes in his professional career. He is also credited with conducting several training sessions for PMP aspirants. 'A Professional Guide to Project Management' is his first attempt to share his rich knowledge and experience in the life of a project manager.