Project Management

This concise, how-to, self-help guide will help both aspiring and practicing project managers. Its content was developed during the author's forty-four years in professional engineering and project management. The principles and practices that he describes are based on his personal experience and can easily be applied to most simple or complex projects. Project management requires skills to plan and guide the coordinated effort of complex teams of engineers and laborers. It is an essential requirement for any capital works projects or for designing and producing high-technology products. Indeed, many of the concepts contained in this book can also be applied to non-engineering situations involving custom contract work, landscaping, custom home building, etc. This book is entertaining and easy-to-read. It addresses the personal skills, attitudes, ethics and responsibilities of project managers that are needed to succeed; regardless of the complexity or size of the project. Most other books on project management are written by academics. This book is based on real-life experience. It can be read in a day and kept for quick reference for a lifetime. It should be on the bookshelf of every project manager and every professional engineer.