Project Management, Planning and Control, Seventh Edition: Managing Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing Projects to PMI, APM and BSI Standards

Content: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Project Definition --
Project Definition --
Time-Bound Project --
Cost-Bound Project --
Performance (Quality)-Bound Project --
Safety-Bound Project --
ch. 2 Project Management --
Project Manager --
Project Manager's Charter --
Project Office --
Further Reading --
ch. 3 Programme and Portfolio Management --
Portfolio Management --
Further Reading --
ch. 4 Project Context (Project Environment) --
Political --
Economic --
Social (or Sociological) --
Technical --
Legal --
Environmental --
Sustainability --
Further Reading --
ch. 5 Business Case --
The Project Sponsor --
Requirements Management --
Further Reading --
ch. 6 Investment Appraisal --
Project Viability --
Return on Investment --
Net Present Value --
Payback --
Internal Rate of Return --
Cost/Benefit Analysis --
Further Reading --
ch. 7 Stakeholder Management --
Direct Stakeholders --
Indirect Stakeholders --
ch. 8 Project-Success Criteria --
Key Performance Indicators --
Note continued: ch. 9 Organization Structures --
Functional Organization --
Matrix Organization --
Project Organization (Taskforce) --
ch. 10 Organization Roles --
ch. 11 Project Life Cycles --
ch. 12 Work Breakdown Structures --
Responsibility Matrix --
Further Reading --
ch. 13 Estimating --
Subjective --
Parametric --
Comparative (by Analogy) --
Analytical --
Further Reading --
ch. 14 Project Management Plan --
Methods and Procedures --
ch. 15 Risk Management --
Stage 1 Risk Awareness --
Stage 2 Risk Identification --
Stage 3 Risk Assessment --
Stage 4 Risk Evaluation --
Stage 5 Risk Management --
Monitoring --
Example of Effective Risk Management --
Positive Risk or Opportunity --
Further Reading --
ch. 16 Quality Management --
History --
Quality Management Definitions --
Quality --
Quality Policy --
Quality Management --
Quality Assurance (QA) --
Quality Systems (Quality Management Systems or QMS) --
Quality Control (QC) --
Quality Manual --
Quality Programme --
Note continued: Quality Plan --
Quality Audit --
Quality Reviews --
Total Quality Management (TQM) --
Explanation of the Definitions --
Quality Policy --
Quality Management --
Quality Assurance --
Quality Systems --
Quality Control --
Quality Manual --
Quality Programme --
Quality Plan --
Quality Audit --
Quality Reviews --
Failure Mode Analysis (Cause and Effect Analysis) --
Pareto Analysis --
Trend Analysis --
Further Reading --
ch. 17 Change Management --
Document-Control --
Issue Management --
Baseline --
Baseline Review --
Pre-IBR --
Preparation --
Execution --
Postreview --
Further Reading --
ch. 18 Configuration Management --
ch. 19 Basic Network Principles --
Network Analysis --
The Network --
Basic Rules --
Durations --
Numbering --
Random --
Topological --
Sequential --
Coordinates --
Hammocks --
Ladders --
Precedence or Activity on Node Diagrams --
Constraints --
Bar (Gantt) Charts --
Time-Scale Networks and Linked Bar Charts --
Further Reading --
Note continued: ch. 20 Planning Blocks and Subdivision of Blocks --
Pharmaceutical Factory --
New Housing Estate --
Portland Cement Factory --
Oil Terminal --
Multi-Storey Block of Offices --
Colliery Surface Reconstruction --
Bitumen Refinery --
Typical Manufacturing Unit --
Subdivision of Blocks --
Similar Items of Equipment --
Trades and Disciplines --
Geographical Proximity --
Operational Systems --
Stages of Completion --
Banding --
ch. 21 Arithmetical Analysis and Floats --
Arithmetical Analysis --
Slack --
Float --
Total Float --
Calculation of Float --
Free Float --
The Concept of Free Float --
Interfering Float --
Independent Float --
Critical Path --
Critical Chain Project Management --
ch. 22 The Case for Manual Analysis --
The Planner --
The Role of the Computer --
Preparation of the Network --
Typical Site Problems --
The National Economic Development Office Report --
ch. 23 Lester Diagram --
Basic Advantages --
ch. 24 Graphical and Computer Analysis --
Note continued: Graphical Analysis --
Limitations --
Time for Analysis --
Computer Analysis --
History --
The PC --
Programs --
ch. 25 Milestones and Line of Balance --
Milestones --
Line of Balance --
ch. 26 Simple Examples --
Example 1 --
Example 2 --
Example 3 --
Summary of Operation --
Example 4 (Using Manual Techniques) --
ch. 27 Progress Reporting --
Feedback --
ch. 28 Project Management and Network Planning --
Responsibilities of the Project Managers --
Information From Network --
Site-Preparation Contract --
Confidence in Plan --
Network and Method Statements --
Integrated Systems --
Networks and Claims --
Examples of Claims for Delays --
Force Majeure Claims --
ch. 29 Network Applications Outside the Construction Industry --
Bringing a New Product onto the Market --
Moving a Factory --
Centrifugal Pump Manufacture --
Planning a Mail Order Campaign --
Manufacture of a Package Boiler --
Manufacture of a Cast Machined Part --
ch. 30 Resource Loading --
Note continued: The Alternative Approach --
Further Reading --
ch. 31 Cash-Flow Forecasting --
Example of Cash-Flow Forecasting --
ch. 32 Cost Control and EVA --
SMAC --
Man-Hour Control --
Summary of Advantages --
EVA for Civil Engineering Projects --
Planned Costs --
Site Overheads --
Example --
Alternative Payment Schedule --
Further Reading --
ch. 33 Control Graphs and Reports --
Overall Project Completion --
Earned Schedule --
Integrated Computer Systems --
EVA % Complete Assessment --
ch. 34 Procurement --
Procurement Strategy --
Supply Chain --
Approved Tender List --
Pre-Tender Survey --
Bidder Selection --
Request for Quotation --
Tender Evaluation --
Purchase Order --
Expediting, Monitoring and Inspection --
Shipping and Storage --
Erection and Installation --
Commissioning and Handover --
Types of Contracts --
Lump Sum Contracts --
Remeasured Contracts --
Reimbursable Contracts --
Target Contracts --
Design, Build and Operate Contracts --
Note continued: Basic Requirements for Success --
Bonds --
Letter of Intent --
Bad Letter --
Good Letter --
Subcontracts --
Definition of Subcontracts --
Subcontract Documents --
Commercial Conditions --
General --
Special Conditions --
Technical Specification --
Description of Work --
Liquidated Damages (or Ascertainable Liquidated Damages) --
Insurance --
Discounts --
Negotiated and Hidden Discounts --
Bulk Purchase Discounts --
Annual Order Discounts --
Prompt Payment Discount --
Discount for Retention Bond --
Counter-Trade --
Incoterms --
Ex Works --
Free Carrier (Named Point) --
FOR/FOT --
FOB Airport --
FAS --
FOB --
C&F --
CIF --
Freight Carriage --
Paid to ... --
Freight Carriage --
and Insurance Paid to ... --
Ex Ship --
Ex Quay --
Delivered at Frontier --
Delivered Duty Paid --
Further Reading --
ch. 35 Value Management --
Further Reading --
ch. 36 Health, Safety and Environment --
Construction, Design and Management Regulations --
Health and Safety Plan --
Note continued: Pre-Tender Health and Safety Plan --
Construction Phase Health and Safety Plan --
Health and Safety File --
Warning Signs --
ch. 37 Information Management --
Objectives and Purpose --
Types of Documents --
Authority --
Distribution of Information --
Storing Information and Virus Protection --
Retrieving Information and Acquisition/Modification Permits --
Acknowledging Receipt of Information --
Security Arrangements --
Disaster Recovery Systems --
Configuration Control --
Distribution Schedule --
Standards to Be Followed --
Legal Requirements --
Foreseeable Risks --
Data Collection --
Qualitative --
Quantitative --
Big Data --
Further Reading --
ch. 38 Communication --
Cultural Differences, Language Differences, Pronunciation, Translation and Technical Jargon --
Geographical Separation, Location Equipment or Transmission Failure --
Misunderstanding, Attitude, Perception, Selective Listening, Assumptions and Hidden Agendas --
Note continued: Poor Leadership, Unclear Instructions, Unclear Objectives, Unnecessarily Long Messages and Withholding of Information --
Meetings --
Further Reading --
ch. 39 Team Building and Motivation --
Team Development --
Forming --
Storming --
Norming --
Performing --
Mourning --
The Belbin Team Types --
Plant --
Resource Investigator --
Coordinator --
Shaper --
Monitor/E valuator --
Team Worker --
Implementer --
Completer/Finisher --
Specialist --
Motivation --
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs --
Herzberg's Motivational Hygiene Theory --
Hygiene Factors --
Motivators --
Further Reading --
ch. 40 Leadership --
Situational Leadership --
Professionalism and Ethics --
Responsibilities to Clients and Employers --
Responsibilities to the Project --
Responsibilities to the Profession of Project Management --
Competence --
Further Reading --
ch. 41 Negotiation --
Phase 1 Preparation --
Phase 2 Planning --
Phase 3 Introductions --
Phase 4 Opening Proposal --
Note continued: Phase 5 Bargaining --
Phase 6 Agreement --
Phase 7 Finalizing --
ch. 42 Conflict Management and Dispute Resolution --
Conciliation --
Mediation --
Adjudication --
Arbitration --
Litigation --
ch. 43 Governance --
Governance of Project Management --
Portfolio Direction --
Project Sponsorship --
Project Management Capability --
Disclosure and Reporting --
Ethics --
Evidence --
Conclusion --
Further Reading --
ch. 44 Project Close-Out and Handover --
Close-Out --
Handover --
ch. 45 Project Close-Out Report and Review --
Close-Out Report --
Close-Out Review --
ch. 46 Stages and Sequence --
Summary of Project Stages and Sequence --
ch. 47 Worked Example 1: Bungalow --
Design and Construction Philosophy --
ch. 48 Worked Example 2: Pumping Installation --
Design and Construction Philosophy --
Cash Flow --
ch. 49 Worked Example 3: Motor Car --
Summary --
Business Case --
Investment Appraisal --
Project and Product Life Cycle --
Note continued: Work- and Product-Breakdown Structures --
AoN Network --
Risk Register --
Earned Value Analysis --
Close-Out --
ch. 50 Worked Example 4: Battle Tank --
Business Case for Battle Tank Top Secret --
ch. 51 Primavera P6 --
Evolution of Project Management Software --
Early Project Management Software --
The Enterprise-Level Database --
Systems Integration --
The Scalable Integrated System --
Oracle Primavera P6 --
Project Planning --
Work Breakdown Structure and Other Analysis Views --
Resource Usage --
Baseline and Other Reference Plans --
Progress Tracking --
Earned Value Analysis --
Risk Management --
Multi-Project System --
Role-Based Access --
Reporting --
Using P6 Through a Project Life Cycle --
ch. 52 Building Information Modelling (BIM) --
Introduction --
History of BIM --
What Is BIM --
UK Government Recommendations --
How BIM Is Applied in Practice --
Tekla Structures --
Linking Systems Through Open NET Interfaces --
Note continued: Tekla BIMsight and Other Collaboration Tools --
Savings With BIM --
Sample BIM Projects --
Alta Bates Summit Medical Centre --
by DPR Construction Inc --
The National Museum of Qatar (Arup) --
Leeds Arena, UK, Fisher Engineering Limited --
A BIM Strategy Was Essential for Efficiency --
Technical Detail --
Interoperability and Principle Industry Transfer Standards --
DXF, DWG, DWF and DGN Formats --
IGES and STEP --
SDNF Format --
CIS/2 Format --
IFC Format --
Further Reading.