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CIV5311 Required Text

The Required Texts for CIV5311 is (updated Thursday, 5 February 2009, 2:00 pm EST):

Students would be advised to purchase one of these books (many are available through Amazon.com). In order of preference, I would recommend Verzuh, Baker and Baker, Burke, PMBOK, Lewis, Kerzner and Hendrickson. In addition, IPMA document is available as pdf files from the website shown, and could be downloaded.

  • PMBOK (2004). A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge. Project Management Institute Standards Committee, Upper Darby, PA, USA. (3 rd Edition).
  • Baker, S. and Baker, K. (2000). The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Project Management. Alpha Books: Indianapolis.
  • Lewis, J.P. (2006). Fundamentals of Project Management. AMACOM: NY.
  • Verzuh, E. (2008). The Fast Forward MBA in Project Management. John Wiley & Sons: NY.
  • Burke, R (2001). Project Management: Planning & Control Techniques. John Wiley & Sons: Chichester, UK.
  • Kerzner, H. (2005). Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling. John Wiley & Sons: NY.
  • Hendrickson, C. and Au, T. (1989). Project Management for Construction. Prentice-Hall: Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
  • Caupin, G., Knöpfel, H., Koch, G., Pannenbäcker, O., Perez-Polo, F. and Seabury, C. (2006). IPMA Competence Baseline, Version 3.0. International Project Management Association: Monmouth UK (available as pdf file from www.ipma.ch).