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Project management, planning and control : managing engineering, construction and manufacturing projects to PMI, APM and BSI standards / Albert Lester.
ISBN:
9780080465883
Title:
Project management, planning and control : managing engineering, construction and manufacturing projects to PMI, APM and BSI standards / Albert Lester.
Author:
Lester, Albert.
Personal Author:
Edition:
5th ed.
Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 435 pages) : illustrations
General Note:
Previous edition: published as Project planning and control. Oxford: Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann, 2003.
Contents:
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.
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Format:
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Publication Date:
2007
Publication Information:
Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier/Butterworth-Heinemann, 2007.