Joan Knutson is founder and manager of Project Mentors, a successful multimillion dollar project management training and consulting firm. Joan is the author of Project Management: How to Plan and Manage Successful Project (AMACOM), Succeeding in Project-Driven Organizations: People, Processes, and Politics (John Wiley and Sons) and Project Management for Business Professionals: A Comprehensive Guide (John Wiley and Sons).

For additional training on this topic, consider these AMA seminars:

* AMA’s Comprehensive Project Management Workshop
* Improving Your Project Management Skills: The Basics for Success
* AMA’s PMP Exam Prep Express
* Project Portfolio Management: Aligning Your Organization to Strategic Objectives
* Senior Project Management

To learn more, read these AMACOM Books:

* The AMA Handbook of Project Management, by Paul C. Dinsmore, Jeannette Cabanis-Brewin
* The Power of Enterprise-Wide Project Management, by Dennis Bolles, Darrel Hubbard
* Project Management Step-by-Step, by Larry Richman
* The Project Management Question and Answer Book, by Michael W. Newell, PMP, Marina N. Grashina, PMP
* Improving Your Project Management Skills, by Larry Richman