Title:
Project planning and control
Author:
Lester, Albert.
ISBN:
9780750642613
Personal Author:
Edition:
3rd ed.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2000.
Physical Description:
xvi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Preface to the fourth edition -- Preface to the third edition -- Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- Foreword to the first edition -- Acknowledgements -- Project definition -- Business case -- Organization structures -- Project life cycles -- Work breakdown structures (WBS) -- Estimating -- Project management plan -- Risk management -- Quality management -- Change and configuration management -- Basic network principles -- Precedence or activity on node (AoN) diagrams -- Lester diagram -- Float -- Arithmetical analysis -- Graphical analysis, milestones and LoB -- Computer analysis -- Simple examples -- Progress reporting -- The case for manual analysis -- Subdivision of blocks -- Project management and planning -- Network applications outside the construction industry -- Networks and claims -- Resource loading -- Cash flow forecasting -- Cost control and EVA -- Worked examples -- Example of integration of tools and techniques -- Hornet Windmill -- MS Project 98 -- Project close-out -- Stages and sequence -- Abbreviations and acronyms used in project management -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
"This third edition of Project Planning and Control describes the latest project management systems that use critical path methods. A detailed examination of one widely used system illustrates the general characteristics of modern project planning software. Descriptions of the Hornet Project Management System and Microsoft Project are also featured, as well as a discussion of the importance of integrating Network Analysis with Earned Value Analysis (EVA), giving real life examples."--Jacket.
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Electronic Access:
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