Elias G. Carayannis is Full Professor of Management Science in the School of Business and Public Management, director of Research on Science, Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, European Union Research Center, and co-founder and co-director of the Global and Entrepreneurial Finance Research Institute (GEFRI) at the School of Business, GWU. He has published more than fourty refereed journal articles and two books, The Strategic Management of Technological Learning and Idea Makers and Idea Brokers (Greenwood, 2003).Young Hoon Kwak is a faculty member of the Project Management Program in the Management Science Department at The George Washington University.Frank T. Anbari is a faculty member of the Project Management Program, in the Management Science Department of The George Washington University. He has served in project leadership positions at the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Day and Zimmerman, and the American Water Works Service Company, and as an examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

• Figures and TablesPrefaceFundamentals of Project ManagementA Brief History of Project Management by Young Hoon KwakBackground to Project Management by Harold KerznerRedefining the Foundations for Project Management by Francis HartmanBest Practices in Project ManagementStakeholder Mapping and the Execution of Successful Projects: Embedding and Institutionalizing Learning as a Key Project Management Competence by Elias G. Carayannis, Frank T. Anbari, and Robert J. VoetschFrom Abstract User Requirements to Tangible Business Solutions: An Iterative Approach by Abdul Samad Kazi and Ian WilsonThe Cross-Applicability of Project Management in Multimedia Communication Platforms by Cheryl J. WalkerTeam Culture Communicating = Semantics + Semiology by Philip HarvardBetter Project Management through Effective Meetings Management by Theodore H. RosenScaling the Water Cooler: Digital Storytelling for Knowledge Continuity by Michael D. KullDefense Project Management Knowledge Flow through Lessons Learned Systems by Mark E. Nissen and Keith F. SniderProject Managers' Changing Cognitive Schemata and the Achievement of Group Goals by Carolyn R. Spencer and Trevor HineAnalyzing Failure in Project Management Systems Using an Integral Approach of the Fish Bone and the Fault Tree Techniques by Maged Sedky MorcosWhy Project Termination Tarries by Victor S. SohmenLessons Learned from IndustryProject Management in the Engineering and Construction Industry by John A. KuprenasProject Management during the Reconstruction of Kuwait by Ralph V. LocurcioDifferent Approaches to Managing Complex Construction Projects: Experiences of International Project Management by Wilco TijhuisRailway Project Management: Framework and Examples by Frank T. AnbariThe Management of Railway Construction and Upgrade Projects: A Study of the Experience in Greece by John-Paris PantouvakisImproving Project Management with the Analytical Design Planning Technique by Simon Austin, Andrew Newton, and Andrew BaldwinUsing the EFQM and Balanced Scorecards to Design Information System Strategy by Allen WoodsThe Changing Project Management Requirements in the Communications Industry by Dan P. OnoCreating Competencies: Project Management Evidence from the Telecommunications Sector by Frédéric Fontane, Patrice Houdayer, and Hervé MatheAgile Project Management Methods for IT Projects by Glen B. AllemanImplementing Best Practice in Hospital Project Management by Raphael M. DuaConclusions and the Road Ahead by Elias G. Carayannis, Young Hoon Kwak, and Frank T. AnbariIndexAbout the Editors and ContributorsFigures and Tables