To survive, let alone to thrive, your personal project management techniques ("PM you") will need to evolve as an ongoing "work in progress"; continually adapting & modifying to better suit the current situation & prevailing circumstances that you, your project team, and your employer find yourselves in for that particular project. This book has been crafted for both the project management novice who is ready to confront their first real project, through to the seasoned veteran with several project battle campaigns under their belt. Described within is the practical application of field-tested project management techniques to actual situations and prevailing circumstances where commercial realities have to be given serious consideration. This book is based on many years of "real-world" System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) project management, the adaptation of the Project Management Body Of Knowledge (PMBOK(r)), the blending of Agile techniques, elements from other practices & principles, and the incorporation of the past experiences & lessons learnt from the various industrial backgrounds of those persons who graciously contributed to this book's creation.