"Project Management is an approach which has been developed and successfully employed for more than a decade to systematically plan and control efforts which have an identifiable end item, the production of which involves complexity, risk and some sort of a fixed deadline." (G F Blanchard & D L Cook, "Project Management and Educational Change", 1973)
"Project management is the planning, organizing, directing, and controlling of company resources for a relatively short-term objective that has been established to complete specific goals and objectives. Furthermore, project management utilises the systems approach to management by having functional personnel (the vertical hierarchy) assigned to a specific project." (Harold Kerzner, "Project Management for Executives", 1982)
"Project management is the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to a broad range of activities in order to meet the requirements of the particular project. A project is a temporary endeavor undertaken to achieve a particular aim." (Irene Chen, "Instructional Design Methodologies", 2008)
"The act of planning and managing a series of tasks and agreed-upon deliverables. It is based on standard methods and processes." (Steven Haines, "The Product Manager's Desk Reference", 2008)
"The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements." (Cynthia Stackpole, "PMP® Certification All-in-One For Dummies®", 2011)
"The process of managing a project. Deploys tools, processes and attitudes that deal with the complexity and uncertainty inherent in a project." (Mike Clayton, "Brilliant Project Leader", 2012)
"A profession in the programmatic sciences that focuses on the design and completion of work plans to ensure the efficient delivery of specified work products on time, on budget, and to specifications. Project management is practiced by project managers who apply professional knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to ensure the effective management of operational uncertainty and the resolution of operational complexity." (Richard J Heaslip, "Managing Complex Projects and Programs", 2014)
"The application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project activities to meet the project requirements." (PMI, "Implementing Organizational Project Management: A Practice Guide", 2014)
"The process of managing required project activities and tasks in a formal manner to complete a project; performed primarily by the project manager." (Robert F Smallwood, "Information Governance: Concepts, Strategies, and Best Practices", 2014)
"Project management is the application of methods, tools, techniques and competencies to a project. Project management includes the integration of the various phases of the project life cycle [...]" (ISO 25000)
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