The title of this specialist final paper is planning and starting a project with the example of a manufacturing company. The subject of the paper is to point out the importance of knowledge of work organization, management and business, with emphasis on the processes of creating and launching projects, project management and project organization, and economics and project risks. The content of the paper is divided into two main parts: theoretical part, where a review of this issue is given, according to the scientific works of individual authors and practical part, on the example of real sector companies within the given issues. The theoretical part includes chapters that discuss the basic concepts of organization, project management, project creation process, project initiation and management, project organization, economics and project risks. This section mainly uses quotations from the books of individual scientists. The practical part consists of several titles that process company data, company development strategy, project management, project launch and project documentation. Here, the author of this paper gives an overview of the company's business through the analysis of organizational structure, location, market, technical and technological activities, human resources, development goals, financial indicators, economics and project risk. An example in this paper refers to the project of building a new plant and modernization of production. In addition to the general part, the program also contains economic-financial analysis, economic-market assessment, risk and sensitivity analysis of the project and a performance control plan.