The Project Manager's Quick Start Guide: How to Get Your Project on the Right Road for Success

You are smart and talented – attributes your boss notices when assigning you to lead the company’s next big project. It’s an exciting opportunity, but it also comes with high risk and visibility. You need to make sure everything goes well, but you don’t know where to start. The Project Manager’s Quick Start Guide is designed with you in mind. Did you forget about cost? Are you ready for unexpected surprises? How will you keep track of your team? The answers to these common project management questions – and more – are found in this guide. By using The Project Manager’s Quick Start Guide, you will succeed far beyond expectations.

It’s time to get your project started on the path to success with The Project Manager’s Quick Start Guide. Designed for emerging new managers, this step-by-step guide shows project leaders how to quickly organize their thoughts, develop a plan, launch a project, and lead the team to a success. Above all, it shows how to manage a project with a minimum of effort while obtaining maximum results!

Written by Jon McGlothian, who time and time again figured out how to deliver results in challenging and changing environments, the book provides you the formula for running a successful project that will help you to methodically and professionally accomplish your business goals in today’s project driven world. Using this formula, you’re sure to get your project off the ground and lead your team to a successful and productive project close.

Jon McGlothian is the cofounder and president of TMOG, LLC. As a graduate of West Point, he completed his service with Third Ranger Battalion. He earned the Bronze Star for meritorious actions while serving his country. After earning his MBA from the University of Memphis, he was awarded the Kurt Christoff Award for being the outstanding MBA student of the year. In 2005, The University of Memphis honored Jon as the Young Alumni of the Year for outstanding contributions to the university and community. He is also a Project Management Professional (PMP)(R) (1379118) as well as a certified management accountant (CMA, 22459) and is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt. He has also held several executive positions at Fortune 500 companies. He has taught a variety of business and leadership courses at a local university and is a contributor for the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R) Guide) - Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute, Inc., 2013.

He and his family currently reside in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he actively serves on several nonprofit boards.

Jon brings to bear his experience as an officer in the US Army Ranger Regiment, a Fortune 500 company executive, an entrepreneur, and a community leader to this effort. He is highly dedicated to developing leaders who can manage, deliver the job, and be an inspiration to others.