Abstract: This edition covers the fundamentals, focusing on practical tools and techniques students can apply to complete projects on time, on budget, and on target. Topics include: set measurable project objectives and create a practical plan to achieve them; control time, cost, and scope; obtain approval and buy-in from senior management and key stakeholders; create a work breakdown structure ; use network diagramming to control the project schedule; employ standard estimating techniques, including analogous, parametric, and bottom-up methods; prepare a project plan; lead the project team and manage relationships across the spectrum of project stakeholders; identify project risk and manage change; evaluate and report on project performance