Most projects are initiated to achieve "mission-critical" business and financial goals. On average, nearly 50 percent of these projects fail to meet objectives. This level of failure is unacceptable. Ensuring that you have a sound project management system in place is essential in order to obtain your desired results. Effective project management (PM) processes and techniques are essential for succeeding in IT management. Without a sound PM system, projects are destined to be late, over budget, or fail to meet functional and business requirements. Info-Tech has researched the best practices in the PM field, and coupled this knowledge with experience gained from our field consultants. The result is our proven consulting methodology "Effective Project Management: Tools, Templates & Best Practices". This valuable resource will help you: Gain control: By using proven best practices in the project management field, you will learn methods to gain control of projects that have gone off of the rails, or how to steer efforts in the right direction before disaster hits. Guidance gained from this methodology will allow you to keep your team focused, align your resources, and to effectively tackle any yellow flags before they turn red. Achieve objectives: By following our proven methodology, all stakeholders, be it for a small, medium or large project, will have a clear understanding of the project objectives and expectations from early on in the process. Using the various communication tools and templates provided, you will be able to keep all parties current and facilitate prompt attention to potential project threats. Save time: As with all of our products and services, we have created this resource with a strong focus on ease of use ans practical implementation. The many tools and templates will speed your project management documentation and tracking efforts, allowing you to focus on getting the work done, rather than merely recording activities. What's Included: Methodology and Background: 208-page step-by-step guide. Workbook & Tools: 265-pages. Organizational Project Management Reference: 168-page comprehensive reference for project managers. CD: Interactive version of the methodology that seamlessly integrates the process with all of the 72 tools and templates.