The New One-Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project With A Single Sheet of Paper

by Clark A. Campbell, Mick Campbell

How to manage any project on just one piece of paper The New One-Page Project Manager demonstrates how to efficiently and effectively communicate essential elements of a project's status. The hands of a pocket watch reveal the time of day without following every spring, cog, and movement behind the face. Similarly, an OPPM template reduces any project―no matter how large or complicated―to a simple one-page document, perfect for communicating to upper management and other project stakeholders. Now in its Second Edition , this practical guide, currently saving time and effort in thousands of organizations worldwide, has itself been simplified, then refined and extended to include the innovative AgileOPPM™. This new and updated Second Edition will help you master the one-page approach to both traditional project management and Agile project management. (PMBOK is a registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.)

Genres: Business, Management, Buisness, Nonfiction

256 pages, Paperback

First published September 25, 2012

Reviews

[Lafcadio · Rating 2 out of 5]

This 200-page book could probably have been 80 pages and been just as effective. Maybe just start at chapter 5.

[Emily Willis]

ABANDONED: The ironic thing about this book is that it does the opposite of what the author claims his product does: it takes hundreds of pages to tell you how to build a ONE PAGE project management tool.

It really doesn’t do much with project management principles, so I have no idea why the author felt he needed so much space.

[Bryan Sebesta · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first introduction to project management. As such, I'm not equipped with the conceptual vocabulary or experience to comment critically on the books' presentation as project management *per se*. But I can make the following observations:

* First, the book was very clear about its' purpose. Its' authors intent was to suggest a template for communicating to stakeholders not directly involved with the projects' complexities. They used a brilliant metaphor, a wrist-watch, to make this point. Project managers should know all the details of their projects (or, all of the gears and cogs in a wrist watch). But we should never forget the intent of the watch: not to display its' inner workings, but to tell time. That is important, and so the authors are more concerned with helping project managers "communicate the time" then demonstrate or understand the inner workings of every project.

* However, they do share enough of a background of the traditional and agile methods to where I, someone who doesn't know much about project management as a discipline, was able to follow along quite well. I thought they struck an excellent balance between telling too much and telling too little, a tension they name "serious simplicity" and showcase in their one-page project management worksheet.

All in all, a good read.

[Felipe Moreira · Rating 3 out of 5]

É uma proposta extremamente interessante - simplificar o gerenciamento de projetos, especialmente a comunicação. Acho que deveria focar mais na proposta do livro e menos na tentativa de mostrar como o OPPM está alinhado com o que vários autores vêm falando em seus trabalhos. A idéia já é boa por aí só.

[Taylor Rogers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmm. I think this tool is a must-know. It is widely applicable to many industries. I can't think of a position I've held where this wouldn't be worthwhile to know and use. My issue stems with the book itself. I think much of it is unnecessary. The first three chapters seems to repeat the same information. If you want to read this I'd suggest just read the chapters that tell how to fill out the OPPM and how to generate reports from it. If you aren't sold on using this tool I doubt the intro and first few chapters will convince you to use it anyway.

TLDR: Must-know tool for anyone who works on any type of project in any type of setting. Possible to read a few select chapters in the book to understand the tool and skip the rest.

[Juan Camilo Velasquez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Practical & Easy

I am a GM in a small company.

Been reading this year about Project management to improve the way we approach projects.

This is a good, practical and easy to read book to get a general concept about PM.
The methodology portrayed is great to communicate projects in a general way and facilitates understanding to a team that is embarking or starting to adopt project management in its processes.
For specifics there are other texts. But for starters this is a great book.

[Bijal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great info! Have to have an environment willing to adopt for it to be successful. I have found different styles work for different groups you are managing within a project and this isnt always the best way to reach home!

[João Dinis Ferreira · Rating 3 out of 5]

The key idea brings something new to the table, but the book is needlessly drawn out.

[Gina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this book. It helps to guide you in the project management process using the OPPM. It's simple, clear & the graphics help visualize how it's done. I appreciate how the authors used simple every day examples for using the OPPM process. There's the traditional OPPM & the Agile OPPM. The authors guide you through both ways. I look forward to using the samples & templates and reading the OPPM for IT Projects.

[Michael Mathews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even for a small business owner this is a useful tool. Keeping my admin staff on the same page is often time consuming. My putting together a small number of one page project plans for our initiatives, I can easily see who owns what and get the necessary updates from the owners.

[Miguel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I celebrate the addition of the agile methodology, I think the previous version was better. I like some additions to the template, but we should not forget that this is a spreadsheet.

[Guy Mofley · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good overview of PM combined with an innovative twist on presenting your progress. OPPM is a very helpful tool that I have used on several projects.

[Hugo Van Vuuren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good read and very informative !!! Well worth the look, specifically if you need to report on projects and build Dashboards. The methods are however not a solve all my various challenges.

[Gregory · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good updates from the original

[Andy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A must-read for project managers. A toolset book with clearly clarified footsteps and guidelines. 3 stars - a good book.

[Ngan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tuy văn phong hơi cứng nhưng về Utility thì đạt 10/10. So Organizing!

[Phuc Nguyen · Rating 4 out of 5]

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