Project management for engineering, business and technology

Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Brief Contents
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the authors
Introduction
	I.1 In the beginning. . .
	I.2 What is a project?
	I.3 All projects are not the same
	I.4 Project management: the need
	I.5 Project goal: time, cost, and performance
	I.6 Project management: the person, the team, the methodology
	I.7 Project management standards of knowledge and competencies
	I.8 About this book
	I.9 Study project
	Appendix: relation between professional standards and chapters of this book
Part I: Philosophy and concepts
	1 What is project management?
		1.1 Functions of management
		1.2 Features of project management
		1.3 Evolution of project management
		1.4 Where is project management appropriate?
		1.5 Management by project: a common approach
		1.6 Different forms of project-related management
		1.7 New product and systems development projects
		1.8 Construction projects
		1.9 Service-sector projects
		1.10 Public-sector and governmental projects and programs
		1.11 Miscellaneous projects
		1.12 Summary
	2 Systems approach
		2.1 Systems and systems thinking
		2.2 Systems concepts and principles
		2.3 Systems approach
		2.4 Systems engineering
		2.5 Project management: a systems approach
		2.6 Summary
Part II: Systems Development and Project life cycle
	3 Project life cycle and project conception
		3.1 Project life cycle
		3.2 Systems development cycle
		3.3 Phase A: conception
		3.4 Project feasibility
		3.5 The project proposal
		3.6 Contractual agreement and negotiation
		3.7 Contract statement of work and work requisition
		3.8 Project initiation: variations on a theme
		3.9 Summary
	4 Project definition and system definition
		4.1 Phase B: definition
		4.2 Project definition
		4.3 Phased (rolling-wave) project planning
		4.4 System definition
		4.5 Summary
		Appendix A: Stages of systems engineering
		Appendix B: Quality function deployment
	5 Project execution and closeout
		5.1 Phase C: execution
		5.2 Detail design stage
		5.3 Production/build stage
		5.4 Implementation stage
		5.5 Project termination and closeout
		5.6 Project summary evaluation
		5.7 After the project—Phase D: operation
		5.8 Summary
Part III: Systems and procedures for planning and control
	6 Basic project planning techniques
		6.1 Planning process
		6.2 The project execution plan
		6.3 Scope and statement of work
		6.4 Work definition
		6.5 Project organization and responsibilities
		6.6 Scheduling
		6.7 Planning and scheduling charts
		6.8 Line of balance (linear scheduling method)
		6.9 Summary
	7 Project schedule planning and networks
		7.1 Network diagrams
		7.2 The critical path
		7.3 Converting to Gantt calendar schedules
		7.4 Management schedule reserve
		7.5 Alternative relationships
		7.6 Scheduling with resource constraints
		7.7 Criticisms of network methods
		7.8 Summary
		Appendix A: Activity-on-arrow diagrams
		Appendix B: Alternative scheduling method: project starts at day 1
	8 Advanced project network analysis and scheduling
		8.1 Reducing project duration with critical path method
		8.2 Variability of activity duration
		8.3 PERT: Program evaluation and review technique
		8.4 Allocating resources and multiple project scheduling
		8.5 Theory of constraints and critical chain method
		8.6 Theory of constraints method for allocating resources to multiple projects
		8.7 Discussion and summary
	9 Cost estimating and budgeting
		9.1 Cost estimates
		9.2 Cost escalation
		9.3 Cost estimating and the systems development cycle
		9.4 Cost estimating process
		9.5 Elements of estimates and budgets
		9.6 Project cost accounting system
		9.7 Budgeting using control (or cost) accounts
		9.8 Cost summaries
		9.9 Cost schedules and forecasts
		9.10 Life-cycle costs
		9.11 Summary
	10 Project quality management
		10.1 The concept of quality
		10.2 Project quality management processes
		10.3 Techniques for quality assurance in system development
		10.4 Techniques for quality control
		10.5 Summary
	11 Project risk management
		11.1 Risk concepts
		11.2 Risk identification
		11.3 Risk assessment
		11.4 Risk response planning
		11.5 Risk monitoring and response
		11.6 Project management is risk management
		11.7 Summary
		Appendix: risk analysis methods
	12 Project procurement management and contracting
		12.1 Procurement and procurement management
		12.2 Define and plan the procurement
		12.3 Conduct the procurement
		12.4 Control and close out the procurement
		12.5 Contracting
		12.6 Kinds of contracts
		12.7 Fixed-price contracts
		12.8 Cost-reimbursable contracts
		12.9 Contract-related matters
		12.10 Summary
	13 Project monitoring and control
		13.1 Project monitoring
		13.2 Communication plan
		13.3 Monitoring and control process
		13.4 Control emphasis
		13.5 Work packages and control accounts
		13.6 Performance analysis and earned value management
		13.7 Issue management
		13.8 Change control
		13.9 Problems with monitoring and controlling projects
		13.10 Project management information systems
		13.11 Summary
		Summary of variables
	14 Agile project management and lean
		14.1 Traditional project management
		14.2 Agile project management
		14.3 Scrum
		14.4 Agile project management controversy
		14.5 Lean project management
		14.6 Summary
Part IV: Organizational Behavior
	15 Project organizational structure and integration
		15.1 Formal organizational structure
		15.2 Organizational design by differentiation and integration
		15.3 Requirements of project organizations
		15.4 Integration of subunits in projects
		15.5 Liaison roles, task forces, and teams
		15.6 Project expeditors and coordinators
		15.7 Pure project organizations
		15.8 Matrix organizations
		15.9 Selecting an organizational form for projects
		15.10 Project office and project management office
		15.11 Integration in large-scale projects
		15.12 Integration in systems development projects
		15.13 Concurrent engineering
		15.14 Summary
	16 Project roles and stakeholders
		16.1 The project manager
		16.2 Project management authority
		16.3 Project manager qualifications
		16.4 Filling the project management role
		16.5 Roles in the project team
		16.6 Roles outside the project team
		16.7 Project stakeholders
		16.8 Summary
	17 Leadership, teamwork, and conflict
		17.1 Leadership in project management
		17.2 Participative management and shared leadership
		17.3 Teams in project management
		17.4 The team-building approach
		17.5 Improving ongoing work teams
		17.6 Building new teams
		17.7 Intergroup problem solving
		17.8 Virtual teams
		17.9 Conflict
		17.10 Managing group conflict
		17.11 Managing emotional stress
		17.12 Summary
Part V: Project Management in the Corporate Context
	18 Meta-management of projects and program management
		18.1 Project management maturity and maturity models
		18.2 Project management methodology
		18.3 Managing project knowledge
		18.4 Project management office
			1. Project management standards and project management support
			2. Project resources
			3. Project manager competency
			4. Liaison with project review board
		18.5 Program management
		18.6 Program life cycle
		18.7 Program management themes
		18.8 Program organization
		18.9 Special considerations
		18.10 Summary
	19 Project selection and portfolio management
		19.1 Project portfolio management
		19.2 Framework for project selection and portfolio management
		19.3 Methods for assessing individual projects
		19.4 Methods for comparing and selecting projects
		19.5 Integrating the gating process and portfolio management
		19.6 Summary and discussion
	20 International project management
		20.1 International projects
		20.2 Problems managing international projects
		20.3 Local institutions and culture
		20.4 Local stakeholders
		20.5 Geo-national issues
		20.6 Project manager
		20.7 Local representative
		20.8 Top management, steering committee, and project management office
		20.9 Team and relationship building
		20.10 Project definition
		20.11 Project monitoring
		20.12 Communication
		20.13 Risks and contingencies
		20.14 Summary
Appendix A: Request for proposal for Midwest Parcel Distribution Company
Appendix B: Proposal for Logistical Online System Project
Appendix C: Project execution plan for logistical online system
Index