Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme

Preface to the Fifth Edition

All four of the previous editions of Effective Project Management (EPM) have been successful and have grown in value from the feedback I have received from them. With the help and support of John Wiley & Sons we have branded Effective Project Management. I'm seeing others play off that name recognition, and I am encouraged. I am aware of over 100 colleges and universities worldwide that have adopted EPM. Their feedback and that of the professional market has been overwhelmingly supportive of my practical and easy to read format. Effective Project Management, Fifth Edition (EPM5) continues to meet the needs of higher education and the professional markets. I've been anxious to offer you this fifth edition because it is no exception. I've taken the opportunity to completely reorganize Effective Project Management, Fourth Edition (EPM4). That reorganization begins with a new subtitle. You will note that I have replaced Adaptive with Agile. I see Adaptive and Iterative project management as belonging to the class of Agile Project Management approaches and will further develop it as such. The new organization of EPM5 topics fits my understanding of the project management discipline perfectly. I've wanted to do this for quite some time and now is the time to act. There are a number of changes and additions throughout. Perhaps the most significant is the addition of several chapters on the contemporary project landscape. I've also added two new chapters: a ...