Launch of the open textbook Project Management Skills for All Careers.

1. TAP-a-PM
Virtual Book Tour
for the
Project Management Skills for All Careers
Textbook
http://www.tapapm.org/
http://project-management-on-tap.ning.com/

2. TAP-a-PM
A new organization with
A new business model to
Hit the ground running

3. The TAP-a-PM Approach
• Each member markets TAP-a-
PM for the following:
– Contracting
– Consulting
– Regular Full Time Employment
• TAP-a-PM is a co-op that has
the outward appearance of a
consulting group.

4. PROJECT MANAGEMENT SKILLS FOR
ALL CAREERS
Finally a book that fills an important gap in education and life.
From College Open Textbooks and the Open Doors Group,
Project Management Skills for All Careers is a roadmap of
important skills to succeed. It accomplishes this by
giving instructions and guidance based on well developed
and tested practices. The method to explain the information
is through true life examples, that people in all careers
can relate to. The skills learned will give you the bases to build
upon and grow, both in life and career.
For more information and to purchase, go to http://bit.ly/PM_skills

5. Project Management Skills for All Careers
by Project Management Open Resources (PMOR)
Featured at http://bit.ly/PM_skills
At this page you can click inks to view PDF samples of the
Front Matter and a 5-Page sample of Part I of the book.
You can also click on a link to order a B&W or Color
bound copy of this book, or to rent an eBook version -
good until Dec 31, 2013. Note: following the link to
order, requires registration, but it's free.
Prices: eBook $15.95 B&W Bound $27.15 Color Bound
$41.95

6. Special thanks to:
Merrie Barron and Andrew Barron, authors of Project Management for
Scientists and Engineers
Daniel Dishno, Occupational Training Institute, De Anza College
Maura Irene Jones, Career Descriptions in Chapter 1
Several photographs Copyright © 2011 by Maura Irene Jones
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 CC BY
Randy Fisher, Chapter 12
Rekha Raman, Microsoft Word template and formatting
Ali Daimee, syllabus and more
Bob Sawyer, Project Manager for the Saylor Foundation proposal
Jim Huether, Program Manager
Jacky Hood, Managing Editor

7. Special thanks to:
Project Management Open Resources (PMOR)
http://projectmanagementopenresources.ning.com/
College Open Textbooks
http://collegeopentextbooks.ning.com/
http://collegeopentextbooks.org/
TAP-a-PM
http://www.tapapm.org/
http://project-management-on-tap.ning.com/