Open AccessBook Review: Project Management in Libraries: On Time, On Budget, On Target
Author(s) -
Dana Belcher
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.59.2.7283
Subject(s) - opm3 , business , project management , service (business) , certification , product (mathematics) , process management , program management , engineering management , knowledge management , management , computer science , engineering , marketing , economics , geometry , mathematics
Project management is not about managing projects, and Searcy’s well-written book succinctly demonstrates the difference. Searcy, a certified project management professional (PMP), states, “limited endeavors that create a unique product or service are projects” (p. 1). More formerly, “then project management must be the use of organizational resources to create a unique product or service that achieves organizational objectives” (p. 2).