The Essentials of Project Management

The fourth edition of Essentials of Project Management is the complement to Dennis Lock's comprehensive, and encyclopaedic textbook; Project Management (now in its Tenth Edition). Essentials provides a concise account of the principles and techniques of project management, designed to meet the needs of the business manager or student. Using examples and illustrations, the author introduces the key project management procedures and explains clearly how and when to use them. More people than ever before need to understand the basic processes, language and purpose of project working. Essentials of Project Management remains the ideal text for anyone new to project working, including; senior managers, project sponsors, stakeholders or students studying project management as part of a wider business qualification or degree.

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Year of publication:	2014 ; 4th ed.
Authors:	Lock, Dennis
Publisher:	Farnham : Taylor & Francis Group
Subject:	Projektmanagement \| Project management

Extent:	1 online resource (228 pages)
Series:	The Essentials of Project and Programme Management Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources. Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Introduction to Projects and their Management; Project Fundamentals; Project Characteristics; People and Organizations; Project Life Cycles and Life Histories; Factors Relevant to Success or Failure; Relationship Between the Three Primary Objectives; Perceptions of Project Success or Failure Beyond the Three Primary Objectives; Benefits Realization; Principal Organizations Representing the Project Management Profession; References; 2 Defining the Project Task; Projects Which are Impossible to Define Accurately; Checklists Defining the Project ScopeThe Contractor's Strategy ; Specifications for Internally Funded Development Projects; The Project Specification and Version Control; 3 Estimating the Project Costs; Cost Elements; Accuracy of Cost Estimates; Standard Estimating Tables; Compiling the Task List; Documenting the Cost Estimates; Collecting Departmental Estimates; The Estimating Abilities of Different People; Estimates for Material and Equipment Costs; Below the Line Costs; Reviewing the Cost Estimates; 4 Managing Risk; Identifying the Possible Risks; Risk Appraisal and Analysis; Risk Register Methods for Dealing with RisksObtaining Insurance; 5 Organizing the Project; Matrix Organizations; Project Team Organization; Team or Matrix: which Organization is Best?; Hybrid Organizations; Contract Matrix Organizations; Joint Venture Projects; The Project Manager; Project Management Office (PMO); 6 Work Breakdown Structures; The WBS Concept; Coding Systems; Benefits of a Logical Coding System; Choosing a Coding System; What Happens when the Customer Says 'You Shall Use my Coding System!'?; 7 Planning the Timescale; Bar Charts; Critical Path Analysis; Two Different Network Notation Systems Critical Path Networks Using Arrow DiagramsPrecedence Network Diagrams; Planning the Furniture Project by Critical Path Network; Level of Detail in Network Diagrams; Milestones; Is the Predicted Timescale too Long?; Early Consideration of Resource Constraints; 8 Scheduling Project Resources; Resource Scheduling; The Role of Network Analysis in Resource Scheduling; Introducing the Garage Project ; Garage Project Network Planning; A First Look at the Garage Project Resource Schedule; Float; Garage Project Resource Scheduling; Computer Scheduling of the Garage and Other Projects; Recapitulation 9 Implementing the Project PlanProject Authorization; Preliminary Organization of the Project; Physical Preparations and Organization; Getting Work Started; Detailed Plans and Work Instructions; Managing Progress; Progress Monitoring and Schedule Updating; When the News is Bad; Progress Meetings; Project Progress Reports; 10 Managing Purchasing; Outline of the Purchasing Function; Specifying the Goods to be Purchased; Early Ordering of Long-lead Items; Choosing the Best Supplier; Purchase Order; Expediting; Shipping, Port and Customs Formalities; Goods Receipt; Shortages; Vendors' Documents 11 Managing Changes
ISBN:	978-1-4724-4254-3 ; 978-1-4724-4253-6
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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