A comprehensive guide to project management schedule and cost control : methods and models for managing the project lifecycle

Author

• Wilson, Randal

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc, 2014

Language

English

ISBN

9780133572940

Series

Subject(s)

• COST CONTROL
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT
• PRODUCTION SCHEDULING

Notes

. Bibliography: p. 265-266. Index: p. 267-277

Abstract

Master all the modern project scheduling and cost control techniques you need, in one focused tutorial! Randal Wilson's Project Schedule & Cost Control isn't your typical project management guide: it's 100% focused on the specific principles, techniques, and best-practice methodologies of scheduling and cost control.

Wilson illuminates key issues through the extensive use of graphs, charts, case studies, and worked examples; and calls your attention to crucial issues that "generic" PM books ignore. Coverage includes:
• Project structures, including differences between projects and programs, and how those differences affect costing and scheduling
• Initiation: how projects start, how to develop project charters and stakeholder registers, and how to manage stakeholders
• Planning, in depth: what costs must be addressed, and what schedule constraints must be considered
• Project schedule analysis: activity definition, WBS, and work packages; activity sequencing and diagramming; proven methodologies for estimating resources and activity durations; and schedule development
• Project cost analysis: gathering and estimating all project costs, including labor, materials, vendor bids, subcontractors, contracts, equipment, facilities, and direct/indirect costs.
• Budgeting via top-down, bottom-up, and activity-based methods
• Project monitoring and control: earned value, tracking Gantt, S-Curves, performance reviews, milestone analysis, change control systems, estimate at completion, forecasting, and much more
For both project management newcomers and working project managers who need to sharpen their skills

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

ix, 277 p.

Dimension

24 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

pt. 1. Project development --
Basic project structure --
Initiating process --
Planning process --
pt. 2. Project schedule analysis --
Activity definition --
Activity sequencing --
Resource estimating --
Activity duration estimating --
Schedule development --
pt. 3. Project cost analysis --
Cost estimating --
Budget development --
pt. 4. Project monitoring and control --
Schedule and cost monitoring --
Schedule and cost control.

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