Since you are reading this text, you wil have made a desicion that learning more about project management will have a positive impact for you. You are absolutely right! Project management has become an organization-wide core competency; nearly every manager, regardless of discipline is involved in managing one or more projects. This text is designed to provide project managers and prospective project managers with the knowledge and skills that are transferable across industries and countries.
The role of projects in organizations is receiving increasing attention. Project are the major tools for implementing and achieving the strategic goal of the organization. In the face of intense, world wide competition, many organization have reorganized around a philosophy of innovation, renewal, and organizational learning to survive. This philosophy suggest an organization that is flexibel and project driven. Project management has develop to the point where it is a professional discipline having its own body of knowledge and skills. Today it is nearly imposible to imagine anyone at any level in the organization who would not benefit for some degree of expertise in the process of managing projects.