Managing Expert Systems explores the trends in expert system development and implementation over the last decade. As top authorities in the field of ES, Turban and Liebowitz examine the factors that contribute to the development of a successful expert system. The authors have found that effective management is one of the most important and often most neglected aspects of the expert system project. The design and implementation of a successful expert system requires the coordinated efforts of a project team comprised of individuals with very different professional skills. Management must be able to construct a work plan that will bring together the individual talents of knowledge engineers, experts, and information systems professionals. Effective management is essential to realizing the overall goal of a well-designed expert system that will be useful to an organization for an extended period of time.