Project management and project network techniques (7a. ed.)

Cover......Page 1
Project Management and Project Network Techniques......Page 2
Preface......Page 12
Contents......Page 8
 Definition of a project......Page 14
 Revenue and capital projects......Page 15
 Four phases of a project......Page 16
 Why project management?......Page 20
 The hierarchical functional structure......Page 22
 The matrix structure......Page 24
 The problem of dual reporting......Page 25
 The need for a corporate culture......Page 26
 The pure project structure......Page 27
 The project manager......Page 29
 Desirable skills......Page 30
 The project team......Page 32
 Outline of planning concepts......Page 34
 Opportunity costs......Page 35
 Elements of project planning......Page 36
 The work breakdown structure......Page 37
 Introduction to project planning techniques......Page 38
 The network as a budget......Page 44
 Card networking/bar charting......Page 45
Quality and reliability management in projects......Page 47
 The quality and reliability concepts of project management......Page 48
 Project processes and quality......Page 50
 Procurement processes......Page 54
 Tasks of the procurement group......Page 56
Projects and risk management......Page 60
 Sources of risk......Page 61
 Risk identification......Page 64
 The response to risk......Page 65
 Risk mitigation......Page 66
 Time-related processes......Page 68
 Resource-related processes......Page 69
 Planning and the project duration......Page 70
 Reducing the total project time......Page 71
 The final network......Page 77
Controlling time......Page 79
 Measurement of activities......Page 80
 Comparing and reporting......Page 81
 Forecasting and taking corrective action......Page 82
 Other control systems......Page 84
 Control during the life of a project......Page 86
 Cost control......Page 87
 Budget preparation......Page 88
 The budgeting system......Page 90
 Planned and actual costs......Page 91
 Cost and schedule variances......Page 93
 Forecasting......Page 98
 Comparing projects......Page 100
 The time value of money......Page 101
 The application of network techniques......Page 105
 Elements of an activity-on-arrow diagram......Page 107
 Conventions adopted in drawing AoA networks......Page 108
 Dummy activities......Page 115
 Overlapping activities......Page 119
 Drawing the network......Page 123
 Elements of an AoN network......Page 126
 Drawing the network......Page 132
 Activity and event times......Page 135
 The calculations in detail......Page 138
 The critical path......Page 140
 Activity times – a recapitulation......Page 142
 Float or slack......Page 144
 Generalised rules for analysis......Page 148
 Intermediate imposed times......Page 149
 Calculating the total project time......Page 150
 Float......Page 156
 Four dependencies......Page 160
 Activity times and precedence networks......Page 162
 Finish-to-start......Page 163
 Start-to-start......Page 164
 Finish-to-finish......Page 165
 Start-to-finish......Page 167
 Several dependencies at a node......Page 168
 Lag-start, lag-finish......Page 169
 Float......Page 171
 Node symbols in AoN networking......Page 172
The network and the bar chart......Page 173
 The time-scaled network......Page 174
 Analysis by bar chart......Page 181
 Basic considerations......Page 185
 Work required......Page 186
 Resource definition......Page 187
 Work available – capacity......Page 188
 Calculation of load......Page 189
 Further considerations......Page 193
 A limited case example......Page 195
 Optimum-seeking procedures......Page 202
 The resource-limited case......Page 204
 Smoothing......Page 208
 General considerations......Page 212
 Where LoB can be used......Page 213
 Elemental trend analysis......Page 214
 Conception......Page 218
 Development......Page 220
 Realisation......Page 224
 Termination......Page 225
 Two unanswerable questions......Page 226
 Questions......Page 228
Glossary of terms......Page 258
Index......Page 262