How can an organization avert failure of an important project and propel it on the right track to success? How can a project team work together effectively to resolve issues once they"re identified? Project management and software implementation consultant Rob Prinzo has found most projects fail due to human factors early in the project life cycle. His insightful new book, No Wishing Required: The Business Case for Project Assurance, offers a success-driven approach to managing major collaborative endeavors. Drawing on his more than 15 years" experience, Prinzo has developed expertise in improving organizational efficiency and productivity for both Fortune 500 companies and state governments. Recognizing that technology - as well as other - business projects can take on a life of their own, Prinzo has designed an ongoing methodology that enables organizations to periodically stop and objectively assess and address project failure points as they arise. No Wishing Required incorporates a fictionalized story of a project team navigating the complex world of enterprise software implementations to illustrate the wide array of problems and pitfalls that can plague such an undertaking. Prinzo provides invaluable tools and techniques for proactive and effective project leadership. His easy-to-follow guide explains how to: Identify six critical points in every projectConduct project health assessmentDevelop collaborative team behaviorBuild a communications-centric foundation for the entire project team, from executives to end-users No Wishing Required will resonate with anyone who has ever been part of a large business systems implementation project team. Prinzo"s time-proven, common-sense blueprint to successful project development and implementation turns the "wishing" into knowledge.