| William P. Athayde, Deborah Bigelow Crawford, Ruth Elswick, and Paul Lombard
© 2007, paperback, 190pp., Center for Business Practices
The foundation of what every project manager needs to know in order to successfully manage projects is presented in this introductory text. Project Management Essentials covers the basic concepts of the five fundamental project management processes, defining requirements, schedules, risk management, and change control. Readers gain an understanding of how the project management processes are used during each phase of a project to build a better, more effective project plan.
The concepts of project management presented in this book are not rocket science. They are all common sense. Yet, they require discipline and knowledge—a framework to do projects right, and the will to adhere to it. Those who internalize the precepts of project management and model them in their organizations have the potential to do great things with these simple tools.
This book is purposefully written in short, clear chapters, with the hope of making this simple concept more easily understood. The authors, all valued senior faculty of PM College, bring both their business experience and their academic background to make these chapters come alive. |
