Total Project Control: A Practitioner's Guide to Managing Projects as Investments, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Stephen A. Devaux (Author)

Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2015
Leaves: 298
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

There is often a deep disconnect between the project team`s goals and those of the organization. Senior management wants "profitable" projects, but is only able to quantify its wishes in terms of the traditional project management elements: schedule and cost. To operate smoothly, the entire organization must be driven by the single goal of project

✦ Table of Contents

The Nature of a Project. An Overview of TPC Planning. Overview of Planning the Work. Planning the Scope. Developing the Work Breakdown Structure. Scheduling I - The Critical Path Method (CPM). Scheduling II - The Precedence Diagram Method (PDM). Activity-Based Resource Assignments. Resource Scheduling and Leveling. Tracking and Controlling the Project. Conclusion.

✦ Subjects

Engineering & Technology;Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing;Operations Research;Engineering Management;Production Engineering;Manufacturing Engineering

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