This book presents the fundamentals of project management in simple language and an easy-to-understand format. It is targeted principally at those who are learning or desiring to learn project management as well as those who are already taking project management as a course of study or as a profession.

SECTION 1. INTRODUCTORY SECTION, 1. Projects and Project Management, 2. Organizational Structure and Culture, 3. Project Management Knowledge Areas and Process Groups, SECTION 2. PROJECT INITIATION SECTION, 4. Project Initiation Processes, SECTION 3. PROJECT PLANNING SECTION, 5. Project Integration Planning, 6. Planning and Defining the Project Scope, 7. Project Schedule Management Planning, 8. Project Cost Planning, 9. Project Quality Planning, 10. Project Resource Planning, 11. Project Procurement Management Planning, 12. Planning Project Communications, 13. Project Risk Management Planning, 14. Project Stakeholder Management Planning, SECTION 4. PROJECT EXECUTION & CONTROLLING SECTION, 15. Acquiring, Developing, Managing and Controlling Project Resources, 16. Conducting, Controlling, and Closing Project Procurements, 17. Directing, Managing, Monitoring and Controlling Project Work, 18. Monitoring and Controlling Project Scope, Project Schedule, and Project Cost, 19. Managing and Controlling Project Quality, 20. Implementing Risk Responses and Monitoring Project Risks, 21. Managing and Controlling Project Communications, 22. Managing and Controlling Stakeholder Engagement, SECTION 5. PROJECT CLOSING SECTION, 23. Project or Phase Closure