Hi all,

I have had a chance to chat with Cornelius Fichtner of Project Management Podcast. We were discussing my new book "Project Scope Management: A Practical Guide to Requirements for Engineering, Product, Construction, IT and Enterprise Projects" and in the course of the interview I was asked to answer the following questions:

1. What is project scope management?
2. What is the state of project scope management nowadays?
3. Why did you decide to write a book about it?
4. What makes this book unique?
5. Who is this book for?
6. What are the main processes in the project scope management?
7. What is the state of project scope management in the IT and software development industries?
8. What is the state of project scope management in construction, product development, engineering?
9. What is your perspective on project scope management in multidisciplinary or enterprise projects?
10. How does project management play into this?

The interview has already been downloaded more than 27,000 times from the PM Podcast website.. Hope you enjoy it as well.

About the Author

Hi all,

I have had a chance to chat with Cornelius Fichtner of Project Management Podcast. We were discussing my new book "Project Scope Management: A Practical Guide to Requirements for Engineering, Product, Construction, IT and Enterprise Projects" and in the course of the interview I was asked to answer the following questions:

1. What is project scope management?
2. What is the state of project scope management nowadays?
3. Why did you decide to write a book about it?
4. What makes this book unique?
5. Who is this book for?
6. What are the main processes in the project scope management?
7. What is the state of project scope management in the IT and software development industries?
8. What is the state of project scope management in construction, product development, engineering?
9. What is your perspective on project scope management in multidisciplinary or enterprise projects?
10. How does project management play into this?

I have already received some very positive feedback regarding the interview. Hope you enjoy it as well.

About the Author

Hi all,

Just wanted to let you know that my new book "Project Scope Management: A Practical Guide to Requirements for Engineering, Product, Construction, IT and Enterprise Projects" is now available on Kindle (click here to preview the book and read the editorial and customer reviews).

Here is what one of the co-authors of the first PMBOK had to say about it:

"The book unites the best practices of scope management from the fields of traditional project management, information technology, software development, engineering, product development, architecture, construction, and multidisciplinary projects. It is based on the most advanced and popular works by prominent authors and contains the latest advances in project scope management. It also concentrates on the hands-on practicality of tools and techniques rather than focusing on their academic prominence. Best of all, Jamal’s book is easy to read and uses informal, nonacademic language to explain all the key points."

—R. Max Wideman, P. Eng., FCSCE, FEIC, FICE, FPMI

The book also already has three very positive reviews on Amazon!

Cheers,

Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP

My second book "Project Scope Management: A Practical Guide to Requirements for Engineering, Product, Construction, IT and Enterprise Projects" is now available on the CRC Press website!

Incomplete or missed requirements, omissions, ambiguous product features, lack of user involvement, unrealistic customer expectations, and the proverbial scope creep can result in cost overruns, missed deadlines, poor product quality, and can very well ruin a project. Project Scope Management: A Practical Guide to Requirements for Engineering, Product, Construction, IT and Enterprise Projects describes how to elicit, document, and manage requirements to control project scope creep. It also explains how to manage project stakeholders to minimize the risk of an ever-growing list of user requirements. Read more

Read the first several dozen pages of the book for free via Google Books Preview 

Here is what Max Wideman, one of the first project management gurus had to say about my second creation:

The book unites the best practices of scope management from the fields of traditional project management, information technology, software development, engineering, product development, architecture, construction, and multidisciplinary projects. It is based on the most advanced and popular works by prominent authors and contains the latest advances in project scope management. It also concentrates on the hands-on practicality of tools and techniques rather than focusing on their academic prominence. Best of all, Jamal’s book is easy to read and uses informal, nonacademic language to explain all the key points.

—R. Max Wideman, P. Eng., FCSCE, FEIC, FICE, FPMI

And finally, the full table of contents for you perusal:

Just spoke to my publisher at the CRC Press. It looks like my new book “Project Scope Management: A Practical Guide to Requirements for Engineering, Product, Construction, IT and Enterprise Projects” will be released in October of 2014.

The book page can be accessed here.

I will keep your posted regarding the updates.

P.S. The cover picture you see in this release has not been approved yet. Hopefully very soon I will obtain several cover versions produced by my publisher and we can vote on the best option. Looking forward to your feedback!

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My first book "Delivering Exceptional Project Results: A Practical Guide to Project Selection, Scoping, Estimation and Management" was released by J. Ross Publishing in September 2010!

Brief Synopsis:

This unique how-to implementation guide unifies project management, portfolio management, and requirements engineering into one proven, comprehensive best practice framework to help organizations deliver exceptional project results on a consistent basis. Delivering Exceptional Project Results transcends differences in the various “types” of project management, such as traditional or agile, and focuses on economic principles, methodologies, skills, tools, and techniques that can be applied successfully at companies in any industry.