ABSTRACT

In the two previous editions of this book, I have started with corporate strategy and worked down to the project through programs and portfolios. However, the book is the Gower Handbook of Project Management and so with this edition I decided to start with projects and project management and work out from there. We need to answer a number of questions:

1. What are projects and project management? 2. What is their nature? 3. What do we use them for? 4. What do they entail, and what do they require us to do?