Five
Countries represented by Winners of IT Project Management book by Joseph
Phillips in first drawing for free project management booksDALLAS, TX, USA - August 30, 2010
-- PMForum has announced the results of the first drawing for free
project management books in its newly launched
PM GiveAways™ Program.
The drawing for
FREE copies of
IT Project Management by
Joseph Phillips
and published by McGraw-Hill in the USA was held on 25 August 2010. Five
winners were selected in the random number-based drawing. PMForum's
PM
GiveAways™ Program was announced in a breaking news article on 10 July
2010; to see article, visit
http://www.pmforum.org/blogs/news/2010/07/FreeProjectManagementStuffPMForumLaunchesPM.html
A
total of 755 people in 88 countries registered for this drawing. The
five winners in the drawing for the free book, with country location
noted, were:
Humphrey Nwosu (Nigeria);
Elias Sichande (Zambia);
Amira
Maurice (Egypt);
Lutfu Bekele (Turkey); and
Semegnew Bekele (Ethiopia).
"Winning
this book means a new gateway to the world of Project Management with
this incredible forum and its great resources. PM is still a new field
for me and this book will help build up my knowledge base," stated Amira
Maurice, Egypt
"I wish to state that my winning of the book has
come at a time when I am embarking on developing a career in Project
Management. I am technically qualified and currently working on Power
Generation Projects, and skills and knowledge in project management will
help me in managing the projects. This book will therefore provide
additional information as well as be reference material," said Elias
Sichande, Zambia.
According to PMForum's Managing Editor
David
Pells,
"The GiveAways Program is off to a great start, with the drawings
for the free books generating the most interest. I want to thank
McGraw-Hill for offering this popular book as our first book GiveAway. I
think it's turned out very well."IT Project Management: On
Track from Start to Finish, Third Edition; by Joseph Phillips, PMP®,
COMPITIA PROJECT +; published by McGraw-Hill in March 2010; $49.99;
Softcover with CD-ROM; 640 pages; ISBN 10-07-170043-9;
978-0-07-170043-6. Fully updated for the new version of CompTIA Project+
certification and authorized by CompTIA's CAQC program, this book
explains what is needed to obtain the CompTIA certification and validate
project management skills. Expert author and PMI-certified Project
Management Professional Joseph Phillips walks readers through each step
of the IT project management process, sharing critical strategies for
on-time and within-budget projects.
"The only registrant from
Zambia was a winner," Pells added. "I am thrilled that so many
countries were represented in this drawing. In today's global economy,
it seems that the opportunity to win a valuable project management book
is of interest everywhere." PMForum's
PM GiveAways™ Program is
based on periodic
DRAWINGS for free educational and professional project
management products and services.
PM GiveAways™ will include project
management courses, books, conference passes and other valuable items.
Drawings will be held at least monthly, with the products and services
to be given away announced in breaking news articles ahead of time and
on PM GiveAways™ web pages. To learn more or to register for drawings
for free project management stuff,
visit
http://www.pmforum.org/PMGiveAways/PMGiveAways.html.
About PMForumPMForum
operates
www.pmforum.org, the world's first website devoted to
professional project management and still one of the most popular online
sources of project management news and information. PMForum also
produces the monthly
PM World Today eJournal where articles, reports and
stories about projects and project management around the world can be
found; free subscriptions at
www.pmworldtoday.net.
SOURCE: PMForum, Inc.
editor@pmforum.org