The Essentials of Project Management
Series: Routledge Revivals Ser; Routledge Revivals Ser
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Milton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9781351789752
Subjects: Project management; Gestion de projet
Notes: Critical path networks.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; Project; Project management processes; Project objectives; 1 Quality; 2 Budget; 3 Time to completion; The time/cost relationship; Direct costs; Indirect (overhead) costs; Costs of financing; Contract penalties; Balancing time, cost and quality; The Association for Project Management; 2 Definition; The customer's project specification; Project scope; Using checklists; The contractor's initial design specification; Specification of production methods; Construction specification.; title: Specifications for product developmentCase study; Case study revisited: how should it have been done?h; Developing the project specification; Solution engineering; Format and content; Projects which are difficult or impossible to define; Using a feasibility study to improve early project definition; A step-by-step approach to risk limitation; Some commercial safeguards; Risk analysis techniques; Reference; 3 Organization; Effective organization and communications; Project teams versus functional group or matrix organizations; Functional matrix organizations.; title: Variations of the matrix organizationWeak matrix; Balanced matrix; Project matrix; Project team organization; Project task forces in manufacturing; Which type of organization is best?; Team; Matrix; Summary; The hybrid option; Organizations with more than one project manager; The project manager himself; Women in project management; Personality; Perceptiveness and the use of project information; The project manager as a hunter/gatherer of information; General knowledge and current awareness; Support, cooperation and training for the project manager; Project services groups.; title: 4 Work breakdown and codingFamily tree hierarchy; Logical interfacing and completeness; Work breakdown structures for large projects; Coding systems; Functions of code; Typical examples; Benefits of a logical coding system; Choosing a coding system; The need for simplicity; What happens when the customer says 'Use my coding system!'?; 5 Cost estimating; Cost format; Estimating accuracy; Classification of estimates according to confidence; Standard tables; Profit vulnerability; Compiling the task list; Using checklists; Software tasks; Forgotten tasks; Documentation; Standard format.; title: Collecting departmental estimatesManufacturing estimates with no drawings; Estimating units; Personal estimating characteristics; Optimistic estimators; Pessimistic estimators; Inconsistent estimators; Accurate estimators; Making allowances; Estimates for material and equipment costs; Below-the-line costs; Contingency allowances; Cost escalation; Using a validity time limit to reduce cost escalation risk; Provisional sums; Foreign currencies; Reviewing the cost estimates; 6 Planning; Bar charts; Timescale; A bar chart case study: the furniture project; Bar chart limitations.