This work covers the fundamentals and the developments in the field of software project management. This second edition covers a wide range of international standards, for example: PRINCE, for which a new version (V2) of this standard has recently been produced; BS 6079 which was published by the British Standard in 1996; EuroMethod, which was published by the European Union and has introduced new ideas about how the delivery of information systems should be planned; ISO 9126 which relates to the evaluation of the quality of software products; and IEEE 12207 which deals with life cycle processes.