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If you had to recommend 5 planning books to a new planning starter (other than software manuals) which they should read to cover the basic requirements of our discipline what would they be?
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    Anoon Iimos ·
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    1. Contract

    2. Project Scope

    3. Specifications

    4. Bill of Quantities

    5. Drawings (If any)

    make sure you have read all of the above before attempting to create your time schedule
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    Oliver Melling ·
    #2
    1. APM or PMI body of knowledge is most important.

    2. Gary France’s paper, Planning Tips and Tricks on the Planning Engineers Organisation website is okay for a quick read.

    3. Project Management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling by Harold Kerzner is supposed to be a good one, but not read it.

    4. An industry specific book, such as construction, pharm or IT, depending on what you plan to work on.

    5. The Hobbit, J R R Tolkien.
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    A D ·
    #3
    Top 5 Books for construction professional:

    1. PMBOK - by PMI

    2. Earned Value Management - by PMI

    3. Construction Project Management by Richard H. Clough

    4. Project Management: A systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling - Harold Kerzner

    5. Work Breakdown structure - by PMI

    Cheers,

    Ravi
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    Mehdi Rashidi Alangeh ·
    #4
    Hi,
    and this book:
    The AMA, Handbook of project management by Paul dinsmore and cabanis
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    Ife Olyke ·
    #5
    In my opinion, experience is the best teacher.. You may not have experience as a begineer, but you can certainly learn from other people’s experience... i have a number of planning books, but i haven’t read them as much as i have read the postings on the planning planet website... A forum where planners meet and discuss their experience, tells you what planning in reality entails...good luck in your planning career...

    ifeanyi
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    James Shimmon ·
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    Although this isn’t a book, I came across this website which details a whole host of checks to carry out on a baseline schedule, I have sent this to all my planners and encouraged them to use it while they are building up their schedules.

    http://www.ronwinterconsulting.com/rabaseline.htm
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    Vishwas Bindiganavale ·
    #7
    1. Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling & Controlling, 9th Edition
    2. PMP Exam Preparation - Rita Mulcahy
    3. APM Body of Knowledge
    4. Construction Planning & Scheduling, 2nd Edition
    5. Project Planning and Control – by Eur Ing Albet Lester

    Cheers

    Vishwas
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