A successful enterprise depends on doing the right combination of the right projects right. The key to success includes aligning the projects, aligning the people who do the projects, and aligning the people for whom the projects are done.

Shows readers how to: establish project goals; implement planning on both the strategic and operational levels; manage the project life cycle and meet objectives; budget the project; handle the transition from project idea to project reality; and manage political and resource issues.

This text offers a simple twist on the effective managerial technique - project management. It shows readers how to harness this discipline, make it an organizational philosophy, use it on a company-wide basis, and send their companies to the top of the business world.