The president of a management consulting firm bemoans that the field of project management has not kept pace with advances in other disciplines and technology. Synthesizing Total Quality Management (TQM), Goldratt's theory of constraints (TOC) entailing changing a system's limiting factor, and the Project Management Institute's 1996 (PMOK), Leach details his successfully field-tested critical chain project management (CCPM) approach. Perhaps the most radical aspect of CCPM is allowing people to complete one project at a time rather than multitask. Includes flow charts and a glossary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)