About this issue

THIS SECOND special issue on project management and control within a year reflects several apparent trends. The first is the increased analytical attention being given to problems in this area by management and by management analysts. Secondly, the imposition of certain standardized project and program control techniques on contractors by various contracting agencies has forced many companies to try to adapt the early versions of these techniques to their own circumstances. Thirdly, many analysts, including people in the operations research and management science field, are finding extensions, revisions, criticisms, and adaptations of these techniques intellectually stimulating. Finally, perhaps, the TRANSACTIONS is becoming recognized as a focal point for technical articles on these subjects. This latter point is reflected in the large number of additional, related papers still in the editorial and review mill.