Introduction

Many books have been written on project management and there are two approaches to it. One deals mainly with the tools and techniques of project management and provides instruction on what they are and how to use them. The other approach takes a managerial viewpoint and is concerned more with the context and the way in which decisions are made and the tools which are most appropriate in that situation. This book is more allied to the managerial approach, analysing how techniques have been applied in traditional and best practice and synthesising additional guidance on evaluating contextual factors, which make the projects unique.