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Ahuja, Hira; Project Management (Wiley).
Project management from the construction contractor's perspective. Excellent coverage of scheduling concepts.
Archibald, Russell D.; Managing High Technology Programs and Projects (Wiley).
Good information and lots of it, but not very well-written.
Dinsmore, Paul; Human Factors in Project Management (Amacom).
Good coverage of matrix and related organizational issues.
Duncan, William R., primary author, 1996 version; A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (Project Management Institute).
Describes generally accepted project management practices.
Gilbreath, Robert; Winning at Project Management (Wiley).
Construction oriented, but focus on "failure factors" provides excellent insight into problem projects.
Kerzner, Harold; Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling (Van Nostrand Reinhold).
Third edition is up to 1,000 pages. Comprehensive in most respects, but inexplicably omits discussion of scope. Oriented toward larger projects done under contract.
Kezsbom, et al; Dynamic Project Management (Wiley).
Occasionally gets into too much detail, but a generally solid treatment of managing technology projects.
Lewis, James P.; Project Planning, Scheduling & Control (Irwin).
Practical and comprehensive although not intellectually rigorous (especially regarding phases and life cycles). Very good coverage of inter-personal topics. Scheduling discussions use mostly construction examples.
Love, Sydney F.; Achieving Problem Free Project Management (Wiley).
Good reference for anyone managing multiple small projects. Falls down (not enough detail) once you get a project team much larger than 4-5 people.
Mulvaney, John; Analysis Bar Charting (MPCS).
Best treatment of basic network analysis techniques. Emphasis is on analysis and use rather than defining logic.
Thamhain, Hans J.; Engineering Program Management (Wiley).
Good treatment from the government contractor's view. Covers more of senior management role than most.
Cohen & Bradford; Influence without Authority (Wiley).
Doesn't talk about projects per se, but lots of invaluable advice.
Covey, Stephen; The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (Simon & Schuster).
Solid treatment of the people side of management with an emphasis on self-management as the basis for success.
Eccles, Robert, et al.; Beyond the Hype (Harvard University Press).
Superb treatise on the fundamentals of management. Better than Drucker because its approach is as applicable to managing a small team as it is to managing a large corporation.
Fisher & Ury; Getting to Yes (Penguin).
"The" book on win-win negotiating. Every PM should read it at least once.
Guaspari, John; I'll Know It When I See It (Amacom).
Short but insightful discussion of modern quality management.
** Oncken, William; Managing Management Time (Prentice Hall).
One of the best books ever on management, but not widely known. Wonderfully entertaining and very insightful on how to manage up, down, and sideways in the organization.
Raiffa, Howard; Decision Analysis (Addison-Wesley).
Authoritative treatment of decision tree analysis. Math is occasionally dense (and can be skipped without losing anything). Explanation of "utilities" is excellent.
Weinberg, Gerald; Becoming a Technical Leader (Dorset House).
Very funny tips for the new manager in a technical discipline. Shows how some of Covey's ideas play out in the technical arena.
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