If you're beginning a small project, a New Book, More Profitable Planning-6 steps to Planning Anything, provides an outlined approach of high-performance project planning (Hi3P), a proven method of pre-engineered planning. The steps range from establishing a planning schedule, to determining a "what-to-do" plan, to accomplishing the plan.

Consulting engineer and training specialist Richard Muther provides six specific examples in the 70-page book, which was written in collaboration with the International Institute for High Performance Planners. The cost is $24.

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