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CHAPTER 1

THE EVOLUTION OF
PROJECT MANAGEMENT

David I. Cleland
Professor Emeritus, School of Engineering,
University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lewis R. Ireland
President, American Society for the Advancement of Project Management,
Clarksville, Tennessee

David I. Cleland is the professor emeritus in the School of
Engineering at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author/editor
of 36 books in the fields of project management, engineering man-
agement, and manufacturing management. An active member of the
Project Management Institute (PMI), he has published numerous
articles and handbook chapters and has presented many papers at
professional meetings in his field. He has served as a consultant for
both national and foreign companies and is recognized as one of the
best known members of PMI. He has been described as the “Father
of Project Management.” He has both a national and international
reputation in his field and has been honored for his original and con-
tinuing contributions to his disciplines. He is a three-time recipient
of the Distinguished Contribution to Project Management Award
from the PMI. In 1987 he was elected a fellow of PMI. In 1997 he was
honored with the establishment of the David I. Cleland Excellent in
Project Management Literature Award sponsored by the PMI.

Lewis R. Ireland has more than 30 years of project experience and
16 years of work with quality aspects of projects. He is an execu-
tive project management consultant and author of quality and proj-
ect management books. He served as the 1998 president and chair of
the PMI and has served as the president of the American Society for
the Advancement of Project Management (asapm) since 2003. Dr.
Ireland’s achievements in volunteer work have been recognized by
the PMI through the Distinguished Contribution Award, Person of
the Year, and being made a fellow of PMI. He continues to con-
tribute time and energy to the advancement of project management
around the world through professional exchanges of information on
the practice and theory of project management.

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