Nomenclature
Preface
About the Authors
1 Introduction
1.1 Nature of Project Management
1.2 Relationship Between Projects and Other Production Systems
1.3 Characteristics of Projects
1.3.1 Definitions and Issues
1.3.2 Risk and Uncertainty
1.3.3 Phases of a Project
1.3.4 Organizing for a Project
1.4 Project Manager
1.4.1 Basic Functions
1.4.2 Characteristics of Effective Project Managers
1.5 Components, Concepts, and Terminology
1.6 Movement to Project-Based Work
1.7 Life Cycle of a Project: Strategic and Tactical Issues
1.8 Factors that Affect the Success of a Project
1.9 About the Book: Purpose and Structure
Team Project
Discussion Questions
Exercises
Bibliography
Appendix 1A: Engineering Versus Management
1A.1 Nature of Management
1A.2 Differences between Engineering and Management
1A.3 Transition from Engineer to Manager
References
2 Process Approach to Project Management
2.1 Introduction
2.1.1 Life-Cycle Models
2.1.2 Example of a Project Life Cycle
2.1.3 Application of the Waterfall Model for Software Development
2.2 Project Management Processes
2.2.1 Process Design
2.2.2 PMBOK and Processes in the Project Life Cycle
2.3 Project Integration Management
2.3.1 Accompanying Processes
2.3.2 Description
2.4 Project Scope Management
2.4.1 Accompanying Processes
2.4.2 Description
2.5 Project Time Management
2.5.1 Accompanying Processes
2.5.2 Description
2.6 Project Cost Management
2.6.1 Accompanying Processes
2.6.2 Description
2.7 Project Quality Management
2.7.1 Accompanymg Processes
2.7.2 Description
2.8 Project Human Resource Management
2.8.1 Accompanying Processes
2.8.2 Description
2.9 Project Communications Management
2.9.1 Accompanying Processes
2.9.2 Description
2.10 Project Risk Management
2.10.1 Accompanying Processes
2.10.2 Description
2.11 Project Procurement Management
2.11.1 Accompanying Processes
2.11.2 Description
2.12 The Learning Organization and Continuous Improvement
2.12.1 Individual and Organizational Learning
2.12.2 Workflow and Process Design as the Basis of Learning
2.13 Organizational Project Management Maturity Model
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Discussion Questions
Exercises
Bibliography
3 Engineering Economic Analysis
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Need for Economic Analysis
3.1.2 Time Value of Money
3.1.3 Discount Rate, Interest Rate, and Minimum Acceptable Rate of Return
3.2 Compound Interest Formulas
3.2.1 Present Worth, Future Worth, Uniform Series,and Gradient Series
3.2.2 Nominal and Effective Interest Rates
3.2.3 Inflation
3.2.4 Treatment of Risk
3.3 Comparison of Alternatives
3.3.1 Defining Investment Alternatives
3.3.2 Steps in the Analysis
3.4 Equivalent Worth Methods
3.4.1 Present Worth Method
3.4.2 Annual Worth Method
3.4.3 Future Worth Method
3.4.4 Discussion of Present Worth, Annual Worth,and Future Worth Methods
3.4.5 Internal Rate of Return Method
3.4.6 Payback Period Method
3.5 Sensitivity and Breakeven Analysis
3.6 Effect of Tax and Depreciation on Investment Decisions
3.6.1 Capital Expansion Decision
3.6.2 Replacement Decision
3.6.3 Make-or-Buy Decision
3.6.4 Lease-or-Buy Decision
3.7 Utility Theory
3.7.1 Expected Utility Maximization
3.7.2 Bernoulli's Principle
3.7.3 Constructing the Utility Function
3.7.4 Evaluating Alternatives
3.7.5 Characteristics of the Utility Function
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Discussion Questions
Exercises
Bibliography
4 Life-Cycle Costing
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5 Project Screening and Selection
6 Multiple Crieria Methods for Evaluation
7 Scope and Organizational Structure of a Project
8 Management fo Product,Process,and Support Design
9 Project Scheduling
10 Resource Management
11 Project Budget
12 Project Control
13 Research and Development Projects
14 Computer Support for Project Management
15 Project Termination2100433B
