Recommend books on Project Management that are NOT related to IT

January 23, 2007 2:59 PM

Please recommend the best books on Project Management that are NOT related to IT

I work for a small insurance company's claim department. I will be transitioning into Project Management and need recommendations on books and/or software, but they all seem to relate to IT or tech-type work.

My projects may cross paths with IT at some point but that's not the focus. I will need to learn to apply project management to the claim-based projects I'll be working on. All recommendations appreciated!

posted by I_Love_Bananas to Work & Money (4 answers total)

Are you looking at managing projects to optimize efficiency? From a scientific angle, any book on operations research should be of help.
posted by wireless at 3:10 PM on January 23, 2007

For either airplane reading or general learning about managing people, resources, & information, you can't go wrong with Sun Tzu.
Cleary and Wing translate pretty well. There are a lot to choose from. This Michaelson edition looks interesting. There are a lot of military metaphors, but mostly it boils down to strategies for getting what you want. Caution: please use your powers only for good.
posted by Area Control at 4:51 PM on January 23, 2007

the art of project management. http://tinyurl.com/2nrqbn
posted by fumbducker at 5:22 PM on January 23, 2007

You could try:

The Handbook of Project Management (Turner, 1999) - ISBN: 0077091612

The Commercial Project Manager (Turner, 1995) - ISBN:0077079469

Both useful and neither industry specific.
posted by mooders at 12:55 AM on January 24, 2007