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About the Authors
Barry Mundt and Frank Smith have had both a personal and a business relationship for
more than twenty years. They co- authored a chapter in Gavriel Salvendy’s Handbook
of Industrial Engineering, Third Edition,
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entitled “Managing Professional Services
Projects” (Barry also co-authored another chapter, “Enterprise Concept: Business
Modeling Analysis and Design”).
Barry and Steve Egan’s relationship goes back to the early 1980s, when Barry
hired Steve to be a part of his management consulting practice in the Atlanta ofce
of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. (now KPMG LLP). Barry is Steve’s mentor as a
consultant and a long-