Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Sixth Edition

Preface

All five of the previous editions of Effective Project Management (EPM) have been successful and have grown in value from the feedback I have received from them. I owe that to faculty worldwide who are using my books. With the help and support of John Wiley & Sons we have branded Effective Project Management. I'm seeing others play off that name recognition, and I am encouraged. I am aware of over 250 colleges and universities worldwide that have adopted my materials. Their feedback and that of the professional market has been overwhelmingly supportive of my practical and easy to read format. Effective Project Management, Sixth Edition (EPM6e) will continue to meet the needs of higher education and the professional markets. Even after this sixth edition goes to press I still view EPM as a work in process. One of my biggest problems is that I have so much I want to include, but we have made a decision to limit the book to about 800 pages. As I and my readers gain further experience with its use and as I hear about the experiences of clients, trainers, faculty and project management professionals, the work will undoubtedly improve. You might say that the development of EPM6e and its successor editions is an agile project. The goal is to produce a perfectly intuitive and common sense approach to project management. The solution, however, continues to be elusive. But we are converging on that solution with every edition of EPM!

I would like to think that this edition offers ...