Statistical Techniques for Project Control

b11476-1......Page 1
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 15
Authors......Page 17
b11476-2......Page 19
Why Projects Fail......Page 22
Management by Project......Page 23
Integrated Project Implementation......Page 24
Critical Factors for Project Success......Page 26
DODAF Systems Architecture for Project Management......Page 27
Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®)......Page 28
Project Systems Structure......Page 34
Project Systems Implementation Outline......Page 36
Value of Lean Times......Page 39
Project Decision Analysis......Page 40
Systems Group Decision-Making Models......Page 43
Hierarchy of Project Control......Page 48
Modeling Project Environment......Page 55
Use of Statistics in Project Control......Page 56
Normal Distribution......Page 57
Relationship to Six Sigma......Page 60
Statistical Averages......Page 61
Statistical Thinking: Computational Examples......Page 67
Factors of Project Control......Page 70
Statistics for Production Changeovers......Page 73
General Control Steps......Page 76
Formal and Informal Control......Page 77
Schedule Control......Page 78
Performance Control......Page 83
Continuous Performance Improvement......Page 84
Cost Control......Page 87
Information Required for Project Control......Page 88
Control Charts......Page 104
b11476-4......Page 111
Critical Path Method......Page 113
Determination of Critical Activities......Page 117
Subcritical Paths......Page 120
Gantt Chart......Page 122
Activity Crashing and Schedule Compression......Page 125
PERT Network Analysis......Page 130
Modeling Activity Times......Page 132
Beta Distribution......Page 133
Triangular Distribution......Page 136
Uniform Distribution......Page 137
Statistical Analysis of Project Duration......Page 138
Precedence Diagramming......Page 141
Reverse Criticality in PDM Networks......Page 149
References......Page 152
Importance of Work Performance Measurement......Page 153
Basic Techniques of Performance Work Sampling......Page 155
Sample Size Calculations......Page 156
Control Charts for Performance Control......Page 157
Applications of Work Sampling......Page 158
Learning Curve Analysis for Performance Control......Page 161
Univariate Learning Curve Models......Page 163
Impacts of Multivariate Learning Curves......Page 174
Summary of Cost, Time, and Performance Formulas......Page 176
References......Page 178
b11476-6......Page 179
Cost Concepts and Definitions......Page 180
Project Cash Flow Analysis......Page 182
Effects of Inflation......Page 197
Breakeven Analysis......Page 200
Profit Ratio Analysis......Page 203
Amortization of Capital......Page 206
Project Cost Estimation......Page 212
Budgeting and Capital Allocation......Page 213
Cost Monitoring......Page 220
Activity-Based Costing......Page 222
References......Page 228
Quality Management: Step-By-Step Implementation......Page 229
Six Sigma and Quality Management......Page 230
Taguchi Loss Function......Page 232
Identification and Elimination of Sources of Defects......Page 233
Roles and Responsibilities for Six Sigma......Page 234
Process Capability Analysis for Six Sigma......Page 248
Lean Principles and Applications......Page 253
Lean Six Sigma in Project Management......Page 257
Lean and Six Sigma......Page 259
Pull Technique......Page 268
Lean Action Plan......Page 272
Six Sigma and Statistics......Page 275
Selecting Proper Statistical Techniques......Page 276
Six Sigma Methodology......Page 278
Hypothesis Testing......Page 297
Confidence Interval......Page 300
Capability Analysis......Page 301
Gage R&R......Page 302
Gage R&R......Page 307
Capability Studies......Page 314
Analytical Studies......Page 316
Multivariate Studies......Page 328
b11476-11......Page 337
Leadership......Page 339
SigmSResource Allocation by Management......Page 342
Discrete Distributions......Page 345
Continuous Distributions......Page 350
Distribution Functions: Parameter Estimation......Page 362
ANOVA......Page 366
Regression......Page 370
X Bar Charts......Page 374
Capability Ratio......Page 376
Time Series Analysis......Page 379
Categorical Analysis......Page 381
Fisher’s Exact Test......Page 382
Basic Probability Principles......Page 386
Mean Value xˆ or Expected Value μ......Page 387
Discrete Distribution Formulas......Page 388
Continuous Distribution Formulas......Page 391
Generation Algorithms......Page 400