This book provides invaluable guidance on completing projects on time and within budget while meeting the needs of the customer. It presents easy-to-follow project planning steps covering the responsibilities, work breakdown structures, time and cost estimating, scheduling, resource allocation, and budgeting. It also discusses goals and objective setting, risk management, and how to give presentations to top management and team leaders. The author provides straightforward guidelines for leading, organizing, and controlling a project. A reference for both the novice and expert project manager, the book contains clear adaptable examples of critical diagrams and documentation.