Welcome to the free companion Web site for Kathy Schwalbe's book, An Introduction to Project Management, Third Edition, published in August 2009.

Basic information about this text, brief table of contents, and what's new

If you do not have the book already, you can purchase it from amazon and get free 2-day shipping by clicking the link from www.kathyschwalbe.com. The retail price is $75, but amazon recently listed it for $58.31. You can also order it at https://www.createspace.com/3394678. Use the discount code 2E3JJDY2 to save $10, so it will cost $65 plus about $6.90 for standard shipping for one book in the U.S., less for more. Books usually take about 7-10 days to ship from CreateSpace. If you want to order 10 or more, email me (schwalbe@augsburg.edu) for further discount information.

For your convenience the first chapter is available here.

Chapter 1 in pdf format

Click on the following items to access further information:

·         Links and sample documents mentioned in each chapter and appendix

·         Interactive, multiple-choice quizzes for each chapter

·         Jeopardy-like games for each chapter created in PowerPoint

·         Template files for creating various project management documents

·         Microsoft Project information, including necessary data files for performing steps in Appendix A

·         @task information as described in Appendix B

·         Instructions for using Fissure’s project management simulation software (under Files, right-click and save the large pdf file called Fissure-instructions)