Project Management: Knowledge and Training

Abstract

Many of the most difficult engineering challenges of recent decades have been to design, develop, and implement new systems of a type and complexity never before attempted. The creation of these systems within acceptable schedules and budgets has required the development of new methods of planning, organizing and controlling events. This is the essence of project management. Management of a project differs in several ways from management of a typical enterprise. Succinctly, a project is an organized one-time effort to achieve a focused objective.