Welcome! I’m Kathy Schwalbe, Ph.D., PMP, and mother of three! My passion is educating project leaders to make the world a better place. You can find information about all three of my books on this site. Below are links to purchase them, and the tabs above provide info for each as well as other resources.

• #1 seller in agile project management as of September 2, 2025! Order an ebook for as little as $40 from vitalsource.com or from redshelf.com. Order from amazon at An Introduction to Project Management, Seventh Edition. Note that as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
• Read a preview of the first chapter. I will publish the eight edition ins spring 2026. It will be based on the 2025 PMBOK Guide and include a new chapter on AI and project management.
• Order Healthcare Project Management, Third Edition (same as above with new prologue and Appendix). Buy an ebook for as little as $40 from vitalsource.com and from redshelf.com.
• Order IT Project Management, Ninth Edition.  Read ITPM 9e Chapter 1 here. Note: In 2021 Cengage informed me that they would NOT publish a tenth edition of my IT PM book. Consider moving to An Introduction to Project Management, now in its Seventh Edition. It includes lots of agile info and a teaching case on a software project. I will  continue publishing new editions of that book.
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• Book site for An Introduction to Project Management
• Book site for Healthcare Project Management
• Cengage site for IT Project Management and other Cengage books
• Cengage customer support link
• Look at the Resources tab for lots of info!
• Check out my recent interview!