HowtousethisbookWhenyoupickupthisbookwehopethatbeforeyoudelveintothecontentyou’llstartbyglancinghere.Thestructureofthebookisbasedontheconceptthateveryprojectgoesthroughthreetypesofdeliveryphases–thesearedescribedinChapter1andtheneachphasebecomesthesubjectofitsownchapter(Chapters3–5).Chapter1isageneralintroductiontotheconceptofcontrolledprojectdelivery.Thiscanbereadatanytimetorefreshyouonsomebasicconceptswhichareappliedwithinthecorechapters.ThischapteralsoprovidesthelinkbetweentheProjectManagementToolkit(Melton,2007)andthisbook,whichisamorein-depthlookatthethirdvalue-addedstageinaproject.Chapter2reflectsonthe‘thing’beingdeliveredandconsidersthesimilaritiesanddifferencesindeliveringastand-aloneproject,aprogrammeoraportfolioofprojects.Chapters3–5arethe‘corechapters’madeupofthefollowinggenericsections:Introductionofdetaileddeliveryconcepts.Presentationofspecificmethodologiesandhowtheysupporteffectivedelivery.Introductionofprojectdeliverytoolsandassociatedtooltemplates.Demonstrationand/orfurtheramplificationofchapterconcepts,methodologiesandtoolusethroughtheuseofshortcasestudies.Presentationoftroubleshootingnotesandasummaryofhandyhints.Eachcorechaptercan‘stand-alone’sothereadercandipintoanydeliveryphase.Chapter6isacollationofshortcasestudieswhichdemonstratealackofdeliverymanagementsuccessandanalyse‘why?’Chapters7and8containaseriesoffullercasestudyprojects,andineffectistheculminationoftheuseofalltheareasofexpertiseintroducedinthepreviouschapters.Theseaimtoshowthebreadthofprojectdeliveryissuesthatmayariseandhowthesehavebeensuccessfullydealtwith.Withinthesecasestudiesvariousformatsforprojectdeliveryprogressreportingarepresented,basedontheneedsofthespecificprojectorprogramme.Theblankprojectdeliverytooltemplatescanbeaccessedviaeitherofthefollowingtwowebsites:http://books.elsevier.com/companionsorwww.icheme.org/projectmanagement.Theactualformatofthetemplatecannotbechangedbutthetoolcanbeusedelectronicallybythereadertofillintheprojectdataasrequired.