A very valuable book...
925301
This book is not just about making money.  Full of very important life skills.  One needs to read it with the ability to see beyond the times it was written in.  The information is far, far more valuable than the cost.
897223
This is one of the most valuable book about project management, I think, especially for primers and mediocre managers who don't have enough train or experience.
As this author have pointed implicitly and explicitly, the most important thing to do in the project management is not amusing with templates, procedures, or other bureaucratic toys, but focusing on the dynamics of its requirements, its designs, and its teams.

Therefore, this book is not much like other primer-books about project management.
This is more like ones about requirements, designs or psychologies.
So, I think this book suited not only for PM, but also programmers, designers, testers, and any other personel participating in a project.
And I think the new title ("Making things happen") meets much better than the old one ("The Art of project management").

Of course, Most of the staffs describing in this book are just about basic knowledges.
And to learn about these staffs more deeply, you must learn from books, Weignberg, Demarco, Humphrey, Beck, Joel, McCarthy... and so on, and I also recomend Goldratt, Wiegers, McConnell, Poppendieck, they doesn't referenced in this book, and also you must learn from LIVE projects of your own.

Schedule-management is not the only responsibility what PM is expected for, PM must get along with its Requirements and designs, Human-factor is the next headache, and Risk-management is coming second, ... and on, and on.
Welcome to the world of the REAL project management, the most complicated version of MINE-SWEEPER. :-)
Anyway, this book is a very good starting point.
876282
An excellent book with a unique approach to a frequently written-about subject. Well-worth the investment. I heartily recommend  this book.
4038835
This is a really important book. I highly recommend it!
1679599
This is an excellent book, which very rapidly takes the reader to the heart of this very important field. While its title is "Introduction to.." is is definitely NOT a book for beginners. It starts with the assumption that the reader has the knowledge level of a recent CS graduate and proceeds to build on it rapidly. In the key chapters dealing with classification, the vector space model, etc. it is highly mathematical.

A must-have resource book for graduate students and anyone working seriously in the IR and text-mining fields. The references alone make it worth buying.

My only gripes are:
- the layout (LaTeX driven?) which has placed all the figures and tables at the tops of pages;
- the occasional lapse in proof-reading, e.g. "becuase". CUP could perhaps have taken a little more care. The book is worth it.
2505953
I got this book from other way. Howevr,I think it's a very valuable book with high-yield, comprehensive and concise clinical knowledge. Worthy to have it!
4063931
This is an incredible book. It is packed with valuable information and will be something to keep for reference in practice.
3452431
This book is well worth the investment. It contains a wealth of information presented in a very usable and understandable format.
4158084
This is a very valuable book for learning the basic principles of scrum.
3437378
This was a very useful book.  The text was clear, easily understood and comprehensive.  A wealth of information.  Highly recommended...
2152009
This is a very valuable book for people like me, in my 70's and planning to continue to live at home.  It's also valuable for the grown children of older people.  It alerts them to signs that parents need help and tactfully suggests how to do some  needed interventions.  I like that each chapter discusses the impairments people may become subject to and then goes on to recommend ways to avoid or ameliorate problems.  Since there are so many ideas (22 pages on falls alone) I appreciated that at the end of each chapter there are lists of things to do and resources, so one does not have to go back and skim through the chapter to get the desired information. In addition, there's a very fine list of resources such as government agencies, specialized books, and places to buy equipment at the end of the book  The book has some of the information we've read about, but much much more.  Who knew that fires are the second leading cause of injuries to older people?  I've started to implement some of the suggestions for keeping to my medicine schedule, and will certainly implement other things as I go along.  Definitely a book to buy and keep handy!!!!
3999059
Very comprehensive book filled with important information
4366663
This book is done "right" in all the details, it has a lot of contents, well presented, too. It really covers all the practical aspects of the operating system.

The pagination is superb, the information extremely valuable, particularly in those sections dealing with Web connections, setting up hardware devices and managing folders and files.
The language is clear, technical as it needs to be, but also colloquial in such a way that, most of the time, I continue to read past my initial point of interest...

It comes with a CD, which includes the complete eBook and skill-building practice files.  I would recommend this book to everybody, including those operating (no pun itended) at higher level of computer science than the average Joe, such as myself.
4884359
While the target market for this book may be rather narrow (upper management with C-level management in their long term plans), I think this book was a valuable asset!

The author gives extremely valuable advice, especially for those of us that believe that we will be in a position to influence an entire company in the future.  Without giving too many details away, I would say that if you are a C-level executive-to-be, this is a book that you must own, read, and re-read.

It is important for any business person at this level to have a list of ten books that he/she reads every single year.  I would dare to say that this title should be among those books...I think that you would learn a lot with each and every read of this book.  As you have probably found with most business-oriented titles, there are usually just one or two lessons that you learn from each book, but these few lessons are extremely valuable in the long term.

I hope everyone with C-Suite aspirations buys this book, reads it, and aspires to implement it.

Enjoy!

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4913408
I very much consider this a very important book to read.  It may not be the easiest, because you will find promotion of a way of thinking which is significantly different from our own western philosophy. This way of thinking opens the way for the stories of many "miracle workers" who perform feats that defy western logic.  And these stories can be stumbling blocks to many readers.
These stories do, however, illustrate various points of the vedic philosophy.
I believe that any person interested in religious thought will find much of value here.  Many precepts of the Hindu religion are explored throughout this autobiography, and some of them shed light from a different perception upon the Christian and Judaic faiths.  If a person is open to looking at one's own beliefs through another person's eyes, understanding of all beliefs may be increased.  A person who does not wish to understand beliefs of another person's religion should, however, stay away from this book.
Along with the personal, spiritual autobiography and the open sharing of belief and faith are stories of many swamis and saints, and also of two of current culture and times.  One chapter is devoted to noted horticulturist Luther Burbank, and his friendship with Yogananda, giving a different view of the man and of his accomplishments than that generally learned in our schooling.  Another chapter is given to Mahatma Ghandi as Yogonanda briefly knew him.
This isn't the easiest book for the western mind to understand, much less accept.  However, it's worth the effort.
1095215
While I had expected this to be a valuable book, after quickly looking at a friend's copy, when it arrived, all my expectations were exceeded. It is richly illustrated with photographs of the costumes, the people, their landscape and most carefully of their ways of working. Unlike many books of people in distant lands, this author does not fall into the easy trap of presenting images and stories as having value for simply being different from your own culture. No, the author has clearly spent much time with the Miao and learned about their culture in a sense of shared love of the people, their lives and work, and it is obvious that they have reciprocated by sharing the details of their lives.

An excellent book for one whose interest lies anywhere between avid textile scholar and casual observer. There is much rich, very clearly written material for any reader. The author has two other books on the same people, and I would recommend these as well.
1227508
This book is full of valuable information in a well organized form.  It integrates with most of interpersonal psychology, and especially Internal Family Systems.  I enjoyed reading it -- and I am already using it as a constant reference source.  An amazing accomplishment.  After reading it, I ordered a second copy to loan out to friends, because I don't want to lose my copy but I want to share it with others.  I also ordered several of the sub-books that develop further some of the topics in this book.  Highly recommended.