Project management essentials : a quick and easy guide to the most important concepts and best practices for managing your projects right / William P. Athayde, Ruth Elswick, Paul Lombard ; Deborah Bigelow Crawford, editor.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.

List of exhibits -- Foreward -- Introducing ... Project Management! -- Selecting the right projects -- Initiating the project -- Planning the project -- Project cost and budget -- Scheduling the project -- The people side of project management -- Managing project risk -- Executing the project -- Monitoring and controlling the project -- Closing the project -- Lessons learned ... and used -- Notes -- Suggested readings -- Index -- About the authors and editor.

If you are new to project management or need to refresh your knowledge, this book will help you learn how to manage projects successfully. The concepts presented are not rocket science. They are just common sense. Read the book and discover the key skills and knowledge you'll need to be an effective project manager including guidelines for building a usable project plan; strategies to deal with conflict, change, uncertainty, and risk; and how to report on the progress of the project and keep everyone concerned happy. The book is purposefully written in short, clear chapters to make project management more easily understood. The authors bring both their business experience and their academic backgrounds to make these chapters come alive.