An Introduction to Project Management, Eighth Edition: Predictive, Agile, and Hybrid Approaches with AI

The eighth edition of An Introduction to Project Management has been updated to include information from the Project Management Institute's PMBOK® Guide – Eighth Edition (2025) with coverage of all seven performance domains and their 40 processes. It also includes a brand new Chapter 10 on Artificial Intelligence and Project Management. Each of the other nine chapters includes a new section on applying AI to concepts in that chapter. The book continues to include coverage of waterfall/predictive, agile/adaptive, and hybrid approaches to managing projects. The predictive Just-In-Time Training project provides samples of a business case, project charter, scope statement, WBS, Gantt chart, cost estimate, risk register, etc. The adaptive/hybrid Global Construction Human Capital project includes samples of a product vision statement, product roadmap, release plan, product backlog, user stories, burndown charts, etc. Prompt responses from various AI tools are included as well as examples of creating various project documents. New research, statistics, and examples are included throughout the book. It also incorporates updated information and screenshots from several software tools. Each chapter includes opening cases and case wrap-ups, examples of what went right, what went wrong, media snapshots, best practices, video highlights, and a new feature with the author's personal experience in each chapter. End of chapter materials include chapter summaries, quick quizzes, discussion questions, and exercises with case studies and other resources provided in an appendix. The free student website includes template files, certification information, links to articles and videos, and much more. A comprehensive, secure instructor site is available with lecture slides, solution files, test banks, etc. Read more