Project Management Handbook

This handbook is the result of the cooperative efforts of a large number of people. The qualifications of the individual contributors are clear from the biographical sketch given on the title page of each article. The topic content of the handbook is broadly desig- ned to be relevant to the general org- anizational contexts in which project managemcnl is found. Accordingly, sorneof the parochial subjects of project managerncnt in specific industries arc not included. For example, configuration managerncnt and value engineering-two key concerns of project managers in the aerospace industry-arc not treated. The editon belidvethat the parochial interests of a industry's project manager's needs can be best served by studying the literature of that industry.