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“Project management is one of those applications that everyone knows someone else should be using.”

–Michael J. Miller, InfoWorld, 1988

The management of projects is often vital to the success and growth of organizations. Unlike ongoing operations, projects are both temporary and unique. Because they are temporary, they often do not have the benefit of fully developed, mature, and permanent organizations devoted to their success. Because they are at least in some respects unique, they each involve special problems, issues, and considerations.

Project management, in a nutshell, is the art, craft, and science of managing projects. It is a wide-ranging and complex discipline that incorporates and uses elements from many different ...

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