The theory of project management was developed during the Apollo moon landing project, and has since evolved into a highly effective management discipline, and one that is particularly useful for Web developers.
Projects involve multiple resources, both human and nonhuman, which require close coordination.
This introductory chapter also lists the main functions of project management, serving as a good overview to the essays that make up the rest of the book. Although not quite chapters as such, they do form a logical and readable narrative, and are grouped into sections. It's well written, well edited, mercifully free of errors, well bound and printed on quality paper. It's somewhere in the middle between a textbook and bedtime reading material. Another excellent book from the same publisher is Information Systems Project Management .