The fourth edition of Essentials of Project Management is the complement to Dennis Lock's comprehensive, and encyclopaedic textbook; Project Management (now in its Tenth Edition). Essentials provides a concise account of the principles and techniques of project management, designed to meet the needs of the business manager or student. Using examples and illustrations, the author introduces the key project management procedures and explains clearly how and when to use them. More people than ever before need to understand the basic processes, language and purpose of project working. Essentials of Project Management remains the ideal text for anyone new to project working, including; senior managers, project sponsors, stakeholders or students studying project management as part of a wider business qualification or degree.