Whether working on an international project for a Fortune 500company or organizing a family reunion, you need effective projectmanagement to ensure timely and efficient completion of projects.This helpful guide offers explanations of everything needed toget started in project management including: how to initiate aproject and lead the project team, how to structure the project andplan for resources, how to monitor and track the plan, and how toclose out the project. Packed with practical advice, this bookincludes tips to increase success, reveals common pitfalls toavoid, and presents case studies to show and why project managementactually works.Paula Martin (Torrington, CT) is the CEO of Martin Tate,a management consulting and training company. She works withproject teams to help them improve performance and has been aconsultant on issues related to improving organization performancefor over ten years.Karen Tate (Cincinnati, OH) is the President of MartinTateand is a Project Management Professional. She has over twenty yearsof project management experience and teaches project management toteams in organizations around the world.