An Introduction to Project Management

by Kathy Schwalbe

Best-selling author Kathy Schwalbe's Introduction to Project Management, Second Edition offers a general yet concise introduction to project management. This book provides up-to- date information on how good project, program, and portfolio management can help you achieve organizational success. It includes over 50 samples of tools and techniques applied to one large project, and is suitable for all majors, including business, engineering, healthcare, and more. This text uses a chronological approach to project management, with detailed explanations and examples for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing projects.

Genres: Business, Textbooks

454 pages, Paperback

First published August 3, 2009

Reviews

[Dhara Parekh]

I loved this book because I learnt more about Project Management just by reading it than I did by sitting in my classes. It's very informative and is written in a very neat format. I have to read the PMBOK Guide to know how relevant and resourceful this book is. But for a book this fat, on a subject that's not very interesting, there must be something in it that kept me hooked.

But the author needs to either lower the price of the book or stop coming up with newer editions. Every single student hated spending $80 after it.

[Bruno Rodrigues]

I purchased and read this book due to my interest in Management, and specially Project Management.
And what a great decision it was! I learned so much from this book, the author employs a very direct aproach to the subjects covered, but doesn't leave any subject unexplained.
All the matters in the book are very well explained, sometimes with small examples to help assimilate the concepts.
Adding to that, the author made a very fortunate decision to add a project example that stretches troughout the whole book, using that project example to further explain all the stages of Project Management. That project example wasn't really needed to understand all the topics of the book, as they are quite well explained, but it gives the reader a different sight, by watching those concepts being applied to a 'real project'.
I learned a great deal with this book, and if I ever get to a position in Project Management, it will surely be my reference book.

[Kemy Jiel]

very helpful

[Manuel]

An Introduction to Project Management was my best friend during my first PM course I took in 2017. It explains very well the basic concepts of Project Management. I highly recommend this book only as a support to your class.

[Cheryl Arnett]

It's a school text book.

[Gil Segev]

Schwalbe does a good job at making a dull subject not so dull. Her chapters are well organized and easy to follow.

[Sean]

good book

[Pamindu Wijesekara]

good