Includes bibliographical references.

Chapter 1: Modern project management -- Chapter 2: Organization strategy and project selection -- Chapter 3: Organization: structure and culture -- Chapter 4: Defining the project -- Chapter 5: Estimating project times and costs -- Chapter 6: Developing a project schedule -- Chapter 7: Managing risk -- Chapter 8: The critical-chain approach -- Chapter 9: Reducing project duration -- Chapter 10: Leadership: being an effective project manager -- Chapter 11: Managing project teams -- Chapter 12: Outsourcing: managing interorganizational relations -- Chapter 13: Progress and performance measurement and evaluation -- Chapter 14: Project closure -- Chapter 15: International project -- Chapter 16: An introduction to agile project management.

This text is written for a wide audience. It covers concepts and skills that are used by managers to propose, plan, secure resources, budget, and lead project teams to successful completions of their projects. The text should prove useful to students and prospective project managers in helping them understand why organizations have developed a formal project management process to gain a competitive advantage.