Project Management: A Common Sense Guide to the PMBOK, Part One-Framework and Schedule, Paperback

The Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge published by the Project Management Institute provides a roadmap of 47 processes designed to support project managers in all phases of project management. The sheer number of processes and their allocation across process groups and knowledge areas may leave project managers in a quandary about where to start and how to apply the many components of project management processes. What is lacking is a simple explanatory guide for the layman that clarifies the "big picture" of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). This explains where a project manager should begin when managing projects, and how the project manager can easily make use of the PMBOK framework to progress from an initial idea to a project schedule.

About author(s):Dr. James W. Marion is an assistant professor with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide. He is currently the discipline chair and assistant professor of project management and the program chair of the MS in engineering management program. His experience includes leading large organizations in multiple product launches in the United States, Europe, and Asia, as well as significant experience with Japanese companies including NEC and Panasonic. Dr. Marion has a PhD in organization and management with a specialization in information technology management from Capella University. He holds an MS in engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and an MSc and an MBA in strategic planning as well as a postgraduate certificate in business research methods from Edinburgh Business School of Heriot-Watt University.