Timely. Practical. Reliable An updated edition of the bestselling book on managing IT projects; New topics introduced in this edition include Adaptive and eXtreme management methods, team selection and management, and risk analysis; Immerses readers in a simulated real-world situation where they must perform as seasoned project managers to move example projects through their lifecycles; Walks readers through a series of projects that they are most likely to encounter on the job; Authors adhere to the Project Management Institute"s (PMI) curriculum outline; The fully-interactive CD-ROM has been updated for MS Project 2002.