Practical Project Management for Engineers

This book guides readers through a step-by-step process on how to deliver high-quality, robust products and services while strengthening teams and customer relationships. Drawing on the author's extensive knowledge in aerospace and defense contracting, this book offers step-by-step examples on how to build your team, monitor cost and performance, and recover schedule while explaining the tools, techniques, and methodologies to ensure success.

This book employs the Pareto principle, which focuses 20% of the material that contributes to 80% of success to help engineering managers move a project from contract award to delivery.

Nehal Patel is a program management and systems development expert with strong systems engineering and integration (SE&I) background with a proven history of successful completion by championing customer requirements, risks, budget, & schedule. She is currently a senior program manager at a large defense aerospace company. She received her M.S. from Loyola Marymount University.