Project management, planning and control : managing engineering, construction and manufacturing projects to PMI, APM and BSI standards

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Author(s): Albert Lester
Edition: 5th ed
Publisher: Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann
Year: 2007

Language: English
Pages: xii, 435 p. : ill
City: Amsterdam ; Boston ; London
Tags: Менеджмент;Управление проектами;


Content: Cover --
Front Cover --
Table of Contents --
Cross reference to APM and PMI bodies of knowledge --
Foreword to the first edition --
Preface --
Acknowledgements --
Chapter 1 Project definition --
Chapter 2 Project management --
Chapter 3 Programme management --
Chapter 4 Project context (project environment) --
Chapter 5 Business case --
Chapter 6 Investment appraisal --
Chapter 7 Stakeholder management --
Chapter 8 Project success criteria --
Chapter 9 Organization structures --
Chapter 10 Organization roles --
Chapter 11 Project life cycles --
Chapter 12 Work breakdown structures --
Chapter 13 Planning blocks and subdivision of blocks --
Chapter 14 Estimating --
Chapter 15 Project management plan --
Chapter 16 Risk management --
Chapter 17 Quality management --
Chapter 18 Change management --
Chapter 19 Configuration management --
Chapter 20 Basic network principles --
Chapter 21 Analysis types --
Chapter 22 Precedence or activity on node (AoN) diagrams --
Chapter 23 Lester diagram --
Chapter 24 Float --
Chapter 25 Milestones and line of balance --
Chapter 26 Simple examples --
Chapter 27 Progress reporting --
Chapter 28 Project management and planning --
Chapter 29 Network applications outside the construction industry --
Chapter 30 Resource loading --
Chapter 31 Cash flow forecasting --
Chapter 32 Cost control and EVA --
Chapter 33 Control graphs and reports --
Chapter 34 Procurement --
Chapter 35 Value management --
Chapter 36 Health and safety and environment --
Chapter 37 Information management --
Chapter 38 Communication --
Chapter 39 Team building --
Chapter 40 Leadership --
Chapter 41 Negotiation --
Chapter 42 Conflict management and dispute resolution --
Chapter 43 Project close-out and hand over --
Chapter 44 Project close-out report and review --
Chapter 45 Worked example 1: bungalow --
Chapter 46 Worked example 2: pumping installation --
Chapter 47 Worked example 3: motor car --
Chapter 48 Worked example 4: battle tank --
Chapter 49 Hornet Windmill computer program --
Chapter 50 Stages and sequence --
Appendix 1 Abbreviations and acronyms used in project management --
Appendix 2 Glossary --
Appendix 3 Sample examination questions --
Appendix 4 Bibliography --
Appendix 5 Words of wisdom --
Index --
Sample examination questions --
Sample examination questions 2: bullet point answers --
Last Page.