James Bent, Kenneth K Humphreys

Effective Project Management Through Applied Cost and Schedule Control

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This unique reference interweaves information on the three major overlapping parts of the total project program: programs (defined as techniques, procedures, and methods), people skills (defined as experience, application, and analytical ability), and the culture of project groups (defined as project commitment and working togetherness). Summarizing the skills necessary for an economic construction program, Effective Project Management Through Applied Cost and Schedule Control presents a detailed evaluation of current project skill levels...reveals a direct correlation between project team-building and cost/schedule control...offers rules of thumb for establishing and developing the scope of a project...suggests value management procedures for creating cost-effective construction designs...delineates a wide range of analytical trending techniques...covers change control and risk analysis...elucidates the procurement needs of a project...and more.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 290mm x 223mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 1320g
• ISBN-13: 9780824797157
• ISBN-10: 0824797159
• Artikelnr.: 21385144

Autorenporträt

Bent, James; Humphreys, Kenneth K.

Inhaltsangabe

The relationship and impact of project skills: introduction and authors' mission statement
benchmarking - the technical core of TQM
the impact of personnel skills on company culture and bottom line. Cosy and schedule baselines: estimating keys - establishing a realistic baseline (typical and standard schedules)
value management
economic evaluation in the process industries
keys to controlling and reducing environmental costs. Project control: contracting - front-end risks (key contract administration and cost-schedule considerations)
cost and schedule trend analysis-forecasting of baselines
change control and risk analysis
range estimating
contracting - claims and extras (excluding genuine scope changes)
managing small, shutdown, retrofit, or outrage projects
project closeout-lessons learned and historical data. Project management keys and interface: project management fundamentals - key elements
managing the feasibility study - pre-project planning
front-end planning and project organization (FEPPO)
managing engineering-project control keys/interfaces
management procurement - project control keys/interfaces
managing construction-project control keys/interfaces.