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This chapter aims at introducing the reader to a wide range of project management traditional principles and approaches. It is divided according to the five phases of the project management process: project definition, project planning, project execution, project monitoring and controlling, and project closure. It enables the reader to understand and handle the basic and widespread concepts and tools of project management, and practice with an exercise.

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