<P>Strategic planning is the starting point for projects and often the primary reason for a project''s success or failure. It has the potential to enable every organisation to realise its ideals and actualise its values, whether it be a small start-up business, a large international company or even an entire society. Project leaders and project-orientated organisations need to understand strategic planning to recognise their position and environment, and make rational decisions when selecting and defining their projects and programs. But, those same principles can have broader, more profound, and more ambitious applications too.</P><I><P>Project: Strategy </I>is a practical handbook that enables organisations of any size, and employees at all levels within them, to form strategic plans and actively contribute to them throughout a project''s development. Rather than focus on superficial exercises, this book draws from knowledge outside of business and management - humanities, philosophy