ABOUT THIS BOOK
Project management is in everything we do, from our personal lives to our professional careers. It is the fastest growing profession in the world and the skills learned in this book can be used for any sort of project, large or small: setting up a small business; planning a wedding, family vacation, company picnic, and major events; and organizing construction or aerospace projects.

This beginner’s guide will teach you real-world project management skills for any project and will help prepare you to become a certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM).

This fourth edition provides up-to-date information on how to effectively manage projects, programs, and portfolios to achieve organizational success. It includes tips and sample questions at the end of each chapter as well as a mock exam to help prepare you for the Project Management Institute (PMI) certification exams.

This text uses a chronological approach to project management. A case study with detailed real-world examples, sample templates, and actual project documents guide you through your own projects from charter to close using all five project groups (initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing projects).

This edition takes the standard processes and framework for traditional projects introduced in PMI’s sixth edition Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and adds the new focus on Agile (adaptive) project management methods, tools, and techniques in PMBOK’s seventh edition to enhance your knowledge and ability to handle a wide range of projects.
 

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
George G. Angel, PMP, SAPM, is an IBM Certified Executive Project Manager, Stanford Certified Advanced Project Manager (SAPM), and Six Sigma Green Belt. He successfully managed projects for more than thirty years at IBM and was an innovative global education program manager for ten years. He is also the founder and owner of Eagle Business Services, a project management education and consulting company in business since 1994. He has taught project management classes internationally for IBM in over twenty countries, has been an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado since 2013, and has taught PM classes for Colorado State University, other universities, businesses, government, and corporations for over twenty years.