Cool Book - Rated 
This book is really clear in showing the practicalities of project management. I like the way its structured into chapters like: planning, risk & issue mgmt, quality, leading effective teams etc ... and I must say that I like he inclusion of the "It shouldn't happen to a project manager (but it did)" boxes, it just makes you realise you are reading about 'real life scenarios' and sometimes puts your own woes into perspective. One of those books you can refer to time and time and lend out to your friends in the PM world. Handy to read on the train!
Brilliant it ain't - Rated 
Like most people who buy this sort of book, I had stuff thrust upon me at work and had to quickly swat up on project management. I am big fan of short introductory books like the "for dummies" series. This looked similar, so I bought it.
To say that it's useles would not be fair. It does contain useful advice. Most of it is at the level of rudimentary common sense. If put clearly and succinctly, all of it would probably fit into less than 25 pages. The rest of this book is waffle.
This book is thin on substance and thin on entertainment value. It is singularly mediocre. There are many other books on project management which are both, more rigorous and more readable.
What's the difference between a risk and an issue? - Rated
As the title suggests and the other reviewers have agreed, this is a great book about project management. At around 150 pages, it is quite short and although it is written in a light-hearted and engaging way it doesn't feel short on content. Real world advice is given in the areas listed below and you also get a feel for how the authors see these different pieces fitting together to support one another (i.e. running a lessons learned log alongside the risk and issues logs - facilitating early utilisation of new knowledge and removing the `chore' perception from an end of project lessons learned debrief). But if you would like really detailed information regarding any of them you may still end up buying supplemental materials, which is something that the authors admit and something I certainly intend to do:
* Project planning
* Risk and issue management
* Delivering quality
* Resource management
* Leading effective teams
* Productive meetings
* Facilitation skills
* Making use of lessons learned
Having started to study the Prince2 Manual, this book has been a welcome relief from its' very dry presentation, and at the same time a very good complement to the ideas and method set out within Prince2. As such I would certainly recommend Brilliant Project Management to anyone studying for Prince2 (which assume would also apply to MSP or other such methodologies); or for anyone new to project management; or for someone with experience under their belt but with a desire to raise the bar, be it in terms of performance, satisfaction, consistency or a combination of aforementioned.
Plain and simple language - Rated
I read it in a week, simple, plain and easy language.
Must buy for PMs.
I agree with the 5 stars for the other reviews! - Rated
Just to say, I've done my Prince2, read up on Scrum and Agile methods etc etc, but this book filled in the gaps - not just theory, but *practice* !!!
Practical, concise, and in my view essential.
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