Get a concise, hands-on, and applied approach to project management with the new edition of Core Concepts.  The authors take a computer program orientation, focusing on doing Project Management.   They organize the book around the project management life cycle, provide you with essential project management concepts, and tie them into the Project Management Body of Knowledge (Project Management Institute runs the PMBOK certification program).   This edition includes revised discussion of the integration of parent organization's strategies into project selection and management; and greatly expanded coverage of risk management and assessment in the project management process.