international standards and best practices for engineering and construction contracting /
Stefano Tonchia ; foreword by Russell D. Archibald.
Second edition.
Berlin, Germany :
Springer,
[2018]
1 online resource :
illustrations
Management for professionals
Includes bibliographical references.
Intro; Foreword; Contents; About the Author; Part I: Project Management: Fundamentals and Perspectives; 1: Introduction; 2: The International Standards of Project Management; 2.1 Project Management for Business Results; 2.2 PM International References; 2.3 PM as an International Standard: PMBOK and ISO 21500; 2.4 New Perspectives on Project Management; 2.5 Agile Project Management; 3: The Project Management Process; 3.1 Project Management: A Process-Based Approach; 3.2 Operations Management and Project Management; 3.3 Types of Projects; 3.4 Managing Innovation; References.
10.1 Time Representation: Gantt Chart and Network Diagram10.2 Network Techniques: CPM, MPM, PERT, GERT, VERT; 10.3 CPM: Activity Scheduling and Float Analysis; References; 11: Project Organization and Resource Management; 11.1 Company-Wide Project Management; 11.2 Organizational Structures for Project Management; 11.3 The Role of Project Manager; 11.4 The Profession of Project Manager; 11.5 Projectś Work Loading; References; 12: Project Communication; 12.1 Communication Management; 12.2 Project Leadership; 12.3 Project Teamworking; 12.4 Definition of Responsibilities.
12.5 Meeting Management and Project Reporting12.6 Conflict Management; 13: Project Cost Management and Finance; 13.1 Types of Project Costs; 13.2 Cost Estimating and Project Budget Calculation; 13.3 Cost Budgeting: Budget Breakdown Structure, Baseline, Cost Accounts; 13.4 Cost Control and Variance Analysis; 13.5 Capital Budgeting: Analysis and Evaluation of an Investment Project; 13.6 Project Financing; Reference; Part V: From Single to Multi-Project Management; 14: Portfolio Management; 14.1 Managing Project Portfolio; 14.2 The Project Management Office (PMO); 14.3 The ``3R ́́Matrix.
Part II: Engineering and Construction Projects4: Management of Contract Work; 4.1 Legal Aspects and Contract Administration; 4.2 Types of Contract Work; 4.3 The Life Cycle of Contract Work Orders; 4.4 The Organization of ETO/ECC Companies; 4.5 From Engineering to Manufacturing and Construction; 5: Product Design; 5.1 Delivering a New Product; 5.2 The Stages of NPD; 5.3 Managing NPD; 5.4 Platform Management; References; 6: Service Design; 6.1 The Quality of Service; 6.2 Designing Service Content; 6.3 Designing Service Delivery; 6.4 Process-Based Service Improvement; References.
Part III: Project Scope and Structuring7: Managing a Project; 7.1 Project Charter; 7.2 Project Scope; 7.3 Breakdown Structures: WBS; 7.4 Project Planning and Control; 8: Project Strategy Management; 8.1 Strategic Planning; 8.2 Project Management Strategies; 8.3 Project Management Performances; References; 9: Project Quality Management; 9.1 Designing with the Customers; 9.2 Designing with the Suppliers; 9.3 Design for Manufacturability; 9.4 Reducing Variety; 9.5 Simultaneous Engineering; 9.6 Reverse Engineering; References; Part IV: Managing Projectś Variables; 10: Project Time Management.
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This rigorously academic book describes - in a precise but practical way - the most recent principles and techniques of project management, at the highest international standards, with a fully company-wide, process-based, multi-project approach.