本书结合国际项目管理理论体系的事实标准PMBOK（项目管理知识体系），围绕理论和实践，阐述了现代项目管理的理论、方法和工具，既涉及项目管理的基础理论和前沿，又注重实践和应用。注重集成化理念的培养，而不是孤立的方法和技术的传授。全书的结构基本按照PMBOK的功能领域展开，对项目管理的基本过程、项目选择和评价的经济分析方法、技术方面的配置管理以及与预算、调度和控制相关的各种问题进行了深入讨论。
本书适合作为工科或管理学科本科高年级或研究生一年级的教材，也可作为项目管理实践者的参考用书。

1 Introduction
1.1 Nature of Project Management
1.2 Relationship Between Projects and Other Production Systems
1.3 Characteristics of Projects
1.3.1 Definitions and Issues
1.3.2 Risk and Uncertainty
1.3.3 Phases of a Project
1.3.4 Organizing for a Project
1.4 Project Manager
1.4.1 Basic Functions
1.4.2 Characteristics of Effective Project Managers
1.5 Components, Concepts, and Terminology
1.6 Movement to Project-Based Work
1.7 Life Cycle of a Project: Strategic and Tactical Issues
1.8 Factors that Affect the Success of a Project
1.9 About the book: Purpose and Structure
Team Project
Discussion Questions
Exercises
Bibliography
Appendix 1A: Engineering Versus Management
1A.1 Nature of Management
1A.2 Differences between Engineering and Management
1A.3 Transition from Engineer to ManagerAdditional References
2 Process Approach to Project Management
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Life-Cycle Models
2.1.2 Example of a Project Life Cycle
2.1.3 Application of the Waterfall Model for Software Development
2.2 Project Management Processes
2.2.1 Process Design
2.2.2 PMBOK and Processes in the Project Life Cycle
2.3 Project Integration Management
2.3.1 Accompanying Processes
2.3.2 Description
2.4 Project Scope Management
2.4.1 Accompanying Processes
2.4.2 Description
2.5 Project Time Management
2.5.1 Accompanying Processes
2.5.2 Description
2.6 Project Cost Management
2.6.1 Accompanying Processes
2.6.2 Description
2.7 Project Quality Management
2.7.1 Accompanying Processes
2.7.2 Description
2.8 Project Human Resource Management
2.8.1 Accompanying Processes
2.8.2 Description
2.9 Project Communications Management
2.9.1 Accompanying Processes
2.9.2 Description
2.10 Project Risk Management
2.10.1 Accompanying Processes
2.10.2 Description
2.11 Project Procurement Management
2.11.1 Accompanying Processes
2.11.2 Description
2.12 Project Stakeholders Management
2.12.1 Accompanying Processes
2.12.2 Description
2.13 The Learning Organization and Continuous Improvement
2.13.1 Individual and Organizational Learning
2.13.2 Workflow and Process Design as the Basis of Learning
Team Project
Discussion Questions
Exercises
Bibliography
3 Engineering Economic Analysis
4 Life-Cycle Costing
5 Portfolio Management–Project Screening and Selection
6 Multiple-Criteria Methods for Evaluation and Group Decision Making
7 Scope and Organizational Structure of a Project
8 Management of Product, Process, and Support Design
9 Project Scheduling
10 Resource Management
11 Project Budget
12 Project Control
13 Research and Development Projects
14 Computer Support for Project Management
15 Project Termination
16 New Frontiers in Teaching Project Management in MBA and Engineering Programs
Index