Project Management: Principles and Practices

This book is intended to train the readers in basic project management principles for directing the course of a project. The hands-on approach presented in this book takes them through the necessary details for a good understanding of what to expect to complete a successful project. Users of this book will have an understanding, after following through the step-by-step stages, of how to plan and schedule projects. This systematic approach includes the application of project management software.

Using a step-by-step approach, this text presents the most pertinent principles and methods necessary to organize an effective plan and schedule for a project; explains how to monitor, control, and measure performance of the project once it is underway; and considers the relationships of timing, costs, and resources (including personnel) associated with projects. It features chapter-length, hands-on case studies and projects, and provides training and practice in using and understanding project management software for planing and scheduling projects.