About the Author

Quentin Fleming is an author and a management consultant. He developed two new courses in the project management series for the University of California at Irvine: project procurement management and earned value project management. During 1999-2000 he served on the eight person "core team" which updated the Project Management Institute's A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK(R) Guide), Year 2000 Edition. Quentin was reponsible for all earned value content, and also the chapter covering project procurement management.