The Project Management Book

Preface

I have written several books on project management, and every year many others are published. There is a rich seam of excellent project management writing (and unfortunately some very badly written books as well), so why another book?

I have written this for two reasons.

Firstly, as an evolving discipline, there is always something new to say about project management. I am not an armchair observer, but an active project manager. This book was written in evenings and weekends whilst being involved in two complex, leading-edge projects. I call myself a consultant, but my work is always as a full participant in a wide variety of projects. I love experiencing the project management discipline evolving to new challenges.

Secondly, I wanted ...