Book excerpt: This book can assure the work of a personal representative/executor or supporting the layman and appointed family, friend, or relative to maintain open channels of communication between all parties, providing governance and visibility of progress with support of a solicitor. This is a helpful aid with checklists and advice to control and address issues that arise when dealing with an estate. The book begins with an introduction to estate planning background providing the information and steps in the process. It then proceeds to outline in a checklist format the project management principles and examples of how they could be administer whilst managing an estate in practice.