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Project success requires a solid understanding and proper implementation of the tools, techniques, and principles of project management, A reference for both the novice and expert project manager, The Project Manager's Emergency Kit provides you with everything you will need to get your project off to a solid start and overcome any emergencies that may arise during the project life cycle. It contains over 200 project management tools, techniques, and principles arranged in alphabetical order. The text provides guidance on how to complete projects on time and within budget while meeting the needs of your customers. It presents easy-to-follow project planning steps covering responsibilities, work breakdown structures, time and cost estimating, scheduling, resource allocation, and budgeting. The Project Manager's Emergency Kit offers straightforward guidelines that will help you overcome any challenges that may arise, and to deliver a product or service that will satisfy everyone who has a stake in the outcome of your project. Features, Provides easy-to-follow steps for planning a project, Supplies solutions to common problems and problems unique to specific industries related to cost, schedule, quality, and teaming, Contains a project defining section that includes a statement of work or understanding, goals and objective setting, risk management, and ideas for giving presentations to top management and team leaders, Presents clear adaptable examples of critical diagrams and documentation, Includes easy-to-understand steps for leading, organizing, and controlling a project Book jacket.