Successful project management is delivering your projects on time, to brief and within budget. The Definitive Guide to Project Management shows you step by step how to master the techniques of effective project management so that your projects deliver what you want, every time. Suitable for both beginners and more experienced project managers, The Definitive Guide to Project Management is the essential companion for anyone looking to develop their project management skills. Revised and improved to follow the presigious PMI certification scheme, its indispensable advice can be put to work immediately. Inside you will find key exam questions, templates and action checklists to help you at each stage of your well-executed project. Get the job done and on time with The Definitive Guide to Project Management. Features* Part of the highly successful and prestigious relaunched Definitive Guides Series, that was relaunced in December 2006.* New and improved edition of an established first-class guide to project management* An immensely practical guide written by practitioners that will show you how to successfully manage projects* Suitable for those new to PM as well as for more experienced project managers* An essential aid for practitioners and managers and now students of the PIMBOK certification.* Revised and restructured to match the PMI (Project Management Institution) certification scheme. This is the world's leading association for project management professionals with over 100,000 applying internationally in order to study for the PMBOK (Project Management Body of Kowledge) certificate each time. Contents* About the authors* Acknowledgements* Preface to the Second Edition* List of figures* An introductory case study 1. Introduction 2. Project organization, people and management 3. Project management processes 4. Project integration management 5. Project scope management 6. Project time management 7. Cost management 8. Quality management 9. People management (human resources) 10. Project communications management 11. Project risk management 12. Project procurement management 13. Professional responsibility* Index