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I’m many things to many people. I’m a father to my three sons. I’m a husband to my wife. I’m a brother, uncle, son and grandson. I’m also an author, a runner, a cyclist, a photographer, an artist, a neighbor, a chef and a soccer coach. I try to be a nice guy, humble, kind and fair. In my professional life, I’m a vice president, an IT business analyst, a visionary, an IT project manager, a marketer, a Tier 1 and Tier II helpdesk technician, a consultant, a presenter, a listener, a scribe, a coach, a leader and a believer in processes. I’m a coordinator of people and ideas. I attempt to do things to the best of my ability in my personal and my professional life.

I’m expected to be a different person depending on who I’m interacting with at any given moment. What with wearing so many hats on a daily basis, it’s amazing that I don’t ever forget who I am at the core. Just like most of you, I strive to be the best I can be in my career.

My job title is IT Project Manager; however, this position involves much more than spreadsheets, project plans and status meetings. There are literally thousands upon thousands of IT Project Manager jobs in this world, and each employer of IT Project Managers has its own idea of the value an IT Project Manager brings to their organization. There are also many different project methodology frameworks, certifications and processes that can be used to help project managers lead a project.

The idea behind this book is simple. To succeed in your project management career, you need to be effective. You need to be able to take care of business. I provide insights that can be used by any project manager within any organization. This book is project methodology agnostic, meaning that it takes the best concepts from various frameworks and puts them to work for you. Having a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) may help you land a job, but it won’t guarantee you’ll be effective at your job. Many other elements go into being a successful project manager. I will bring those elements to light by sharing my real-world experiences.