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At this stage of the project cycle your aim is to develop a unique and specific solution that will deliver the most appropriate remedy for your client's problem. This part of the process is among the most exciting but also the most frustrating. Like a musician composing a song, an author writing a book or a child building a brick house, your actions will be based on the idea that something new is created out of something else. Here are some examples of what can happen if you fail to manage this process:

• An industrial process engineer has been employed to manage ...