The Wiley Guide to Project, Program, and Portfolio Management

I bought this book as one of the textbooks required for a master degree course. I read some review that has bad impression about it but this was due to the way the authors has written the book as an academic journal where they reference everything to their original writer and list the list of references at the end of each chapter. Reading such academic book is not as comfortable as normal books where they use easy English and explain the idea in a simple way. The book is a bot boarding but when you read it with additional journals or with another textbook, it will give better understanding. Personally I'm using it with another two additional books as well.

This is for school as I wouldn’t use this as every day light reading. Good experience overall in buying this book.

This is not only one of the worst project management books I have ever read, it is one of the worst books I have ever read, period. It is a terrible choice for teachers, and a terrible choice for students looking to learn about program and portfolio management.The book lacks a complete sense of structure and organization, and is written in such a highly academic tone that it isn't accessible or useful to your typical project manager or student. Strong theses are never really presented (for the book or for the individual chapters), and when they are, the discussion dwindles away on so many tangential topics that the message gets lost before you turn to the next page.The lack of structure and boring language are made even worse by a series of utterly useless diagrams, figures, charts, and tables, whose only purpose seem to be to break up the meaningless words on the page.If you're interested in learning PRACTICAL skills in the management of programs and portfolios, look elsewhere. Trying to find the one or two meaningful points buried in this tome will either give you a migraine that isn't worth the effort, or simply put you to sleep.

Good balance of perspectives of project, program and portfolio management.

A good book for PM.

I had to buy this book for school. I downloaded it on my Kindle but barely used it. Dense, dry, repetative.

Some what dated but still thought provoking. I often find that to review older books reminds me of some of the foundational stuff that we tend to drift away from as newer ideas take root. Treat is as a retreat to reground yourself in some of the basic processes and to assess yourself and your organization against them. The fundamentals rarely change.

To be honest this was a gift to my brother - came on time and he was able to continue his studies.Thank you