What is project management? What is project management? During the history has the project management many phases, first from the ancient history. It started from the Alexander, who can be viewed as an early project manager who conquered a huge part of the known world. After that and with all the new development and military race, it has to found a better tool in order to achieve the big project in efficient way. What is project? There a variety of definitions regarding what a project is, but Turner’s definitions says “ an endeavor in which human, material an financial resources are organized in a novel way, to undertake a unique scope of work , of given specification, within constrains of costs and time, so as to achieve beneficial change defined by quantitative and qualitative objectives”(1993:8), From this on, the project must have a unique propose, and firstly temporary, otherwise, it will be considered as operation which are ongoing and repetitive. The main characteristics of a project: 1. Risky: because its uncertainty and the complexity 2. Unique: from three ways Objectives, context and organization, without the uniqueness it’s no more than operation task 3. Limitation: due to the nature constraint the main duration, scope, financial resources, and Human resources are limited and the project manager must keep that aware to benefit in the best way of the project resources. What is project management? In order to cope projects better the human have developed throw the last century many tools and tactics, thus the big projects are better execute. Before speaking on the project management and its tools, let us light up the definition The association of Project Management (APM) (2006a: 3) defines project management as “ the process by which projects are defined, planned, monitored, controlled and delivered such that the agreed benefits are realized” The four phases of any project: 1. Initiating: It’s the start of any project. The need is confirmed, and the project concept is developed. In this phase, the business case of the project is developed. 2. Planning: As a result of this phase, the project management plan is delivered, along with identification of resources required for the implementation of the project. 3. Executing/Controlling: The implementation, monitoring and controlling of the project plan. 4. Completion: The termination phase is a final review of the whole project is done in order to learn from past mistakes and success.