Building Your Annual Budget

Every year managers go through the same dance. We prepare the budget for our organization for next year, give it to the boss to roll up with the rest of his/her areas of responsibility, and wait for the inevitable instructions to cut the budget request back. Here's what you need to know to preserve your sanity this time.

• Building Your Annual Budget
• Project Management 101, Part 4:
  Managing Costs, Money, and Profits
• Manager's Annual Plan, Part Two:
  Reaching Your Goals