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Approachable guide combining project management principles and proven best practices applied to transportation projects

Transportation Project Management is a comprehensive and approachable work providing practical guidance on all aspects of managing transportation projects. It covers project management principles, practical applications, and proven best practices, all tailored specifically to the unique workflows of developing and designing transportation projects, from inception through to advertisement for construction.

Detailed themes include technical competencies, industry constraints, organizational opportunities, and the range of soft skills necessary to be an effective leader in this role. This timely publication responds to recent trends in the industry, as transportation organizations become more project-centric in their strategic approach, to enable more efficient project and program delivery amidst increased spending on infrastructure.

Some topics covered in Transportation Project Management include:

  • The “Triple Constraint” of budget, scope, and schedule, and meaningful change management
  • The transportation Project Development Process and its unique interdependencies, opportunities, and constraints
  • Creating your project management plan, a living document providing guidance and clarification on how the project will be managed during development
  • Organizational structures, establishing and understanding how your organization operates, including who makes what decisions
  • Understanding the fundamental differences between projects, programs, and portfolios, enabling successful project management within any organizational structure
  • Critical Project Management soft skills, including communication, time management, leading meetings, stakeholder engagement, influence management, and managing expectations
  • Developing and leading focused, efficient, and effective project teams
  • Partnering with consultants to manage risks, drive development, and increase quality

Aimed at professional transportation project managers in both the public and private sectors, along with engineering undergraduate and graduate students in related programs of study, Transportation Project Management provides the foundations for practitioners to become great transportation project managers.

Author(s): Rob Tieman
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2023

Language: English
Pages: 304
City: Hoboken

Transportation Project Management
Contents
1 Project Management 101
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Triple Constraint
1.3 The Project Management Plan
1.4 Organizational Basics
1.5 A Look Ahead
2 Project Development Process
2.1 Safety First
2.2 Overview
2.3 Scoping Phase
2.4 Preliminary Design Phase
2.5 Detailed Design Phase
2.6 Final Design and Right-of-Way Acquisition Phase
2.7 Advertise Plans
3 Budgets and Estimates
3.1 Overview
3.2 The Basics
3.3 Types of Estimates
3.4 Managing the Budget
3.5 Performance Metrics
4 Scope
4.1 Scoping Process
4.2 Schedule and Budget Baselines
4.3 Roles and Responsibilities
4.4 Scope Management
5 Schedule
5.1 Critical Path Method (CPM)
5.2 Schedule Management Plan
5.3 Scheduling Issues
6 Managing Risk
6.1 Why Risk Management Matters
6.2 Risk Management Plan
6.3 Risk Identification
6.4 Risk Analysis
6.5 Risk Responses
6.6 Monitoring Risks
7 Managing Resources
7.1 Developing and Managing a Team
7.2 Personality Assessments
7.3 Resource Planning
7.4 Managing Consultants
8 Managing Quality
8.1 Defining Quality
8.2 Monitoring and Controlling Quality
8.3 Measuring Quality
8.4 The Costs of Quality
9 Communications
9.1 Project Communications
9.2 Stakeholder Involvement and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan
9.3 Media Relations
10 Controlling the Project
10.1 Managing Expectations
10.2 Monitor/Control the Project
10.3 Change Management
10.4 Balancing Innovation – Performance-Based Design
10.5 Goals and OKRs
10.6 Project Management Methodologies
10.7 Performance Metrics
11 PM Soft Skills
11.1 The Importance of Soft Skills
11.2 Characteristics of a Successful PM
11.3 Meetings
11.4 Time Management
11.5 Influence Management
11.6 Advancing and Refuting Arguments
11.7 Professional Development
12 Real-World Challenges
12.1 Ethics
12.2 Project Continuity
12.3 Managing Chaos
12.4 Surviving an Audit
12.5 Scaling Project Approaches
12.6 Guidance Pyramid
12.7 Planning Fallacy
12.8 Closing Thoughts
Index
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