Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling , Project Management Workbook, 7th Edition

by Harold Kerzner (Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio)

• ISBN13: 9780471395546
• ISBN10: 0471395544
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This Ninth Edition of the industry-leading project management "bible" applies its streamlined approach to new, authoritative coverage aligned with the Project Management Institute's Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMI's PMBOK), the new mandatory source of training for the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam. Written by one of the best-known authorities on the subject, this extraordinary edition gives a profound understanding of project management.

Table of Contents

PROJECT MANAGEMENT CULTURE
Nichols Services	8	(3)
Corine Industries	11	(4)
Blue Diamond of Northeast Ohio	15	(2)
Medico Manufacturing	17	(4)
Health Care Associates	21	(3)
Garcia Sciences Corporation	24	(3)
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Project Management Maturity Questionnaire	27	(4)
The Bad Apple	31	(2)
The Communication Problem	33	(2)
Meetings, Meetings, and Meetings	35	(2)
The Empowerment Problem	37	(3)
Project Management Psychology	40	(2)
The Struggle with Implementation	42	(6)
REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS
The Statement of Work	48	(4)
Technology Forecasting	52	(3)
The Noncompliance Project	55	(3)
Payroll Services, Inc. (PSI)	58	(3)
Kirk Corporation	61	(12)
Doublemark Corporation (A)	73	(5)
Doublemark Corporation (B)	78	(3)
CASH FLOW ANALYSIS/FUNDING/COSTING
The Automobile Problem	81	(3)
Life Cycle Costing	84	(2)
The Apache Project	86	(4)
Wilson Construction	90	(4)
Franklin Electronics	94	(4)
Using the 50/50 Rule	98	(1)
Crashing the Effort	99	(1)
The Phoenix Project	100	(7)
LEARNING CURVES
Microtech Devices	107	(5)
Saber Engineering, Inc.	112	(14)
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Spiro (A)	126	(5)
Spiro (B)	131	(2)
The Marcot Project Office	133	(5)
INDUSTRIAL AUDITS
The Potential Problem Audit	138	(3)
The Situational Audit	141	(4)
QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Constructing Process Charts	145	(2)
Constructing Cause-and-Effect Charts and Pareto Charts	147	(4)
The Diagnosis of Patterns of Process Instability: Part (A): X Charts	151	(2)
The Diagnosis of Patterns of Process Instability: Part (B): R Charts	153	(2)
Valley Manufacturing: Measuring the Cost of Quality (COQ)	155	(6)
Quality Circles	161	(1)
Quality Problems	162	(2)
MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAMS
Overview of Project Management	164	(8)
Systems Theory and Concepts	172	(2)
Organization Structures	174	(7)
Organizing and Staffing the Project Office and Team	181	(7)
Management Functions	188	(15)
Time Management	203	(2)
Conflicts	205	(3)
Special Topics	208	(3)
Variables for Success	211	(3)
Working with Executives	214	(2)
Project Planning	216	(8)
Scheduling Techniques	224	(12)
Project Graphics	236	(2)
Pricing and Estimating	238	(3)
Cost Control	241	(9)
Trade-off Analysis	250	(3)
Risk Management	253	(17)
Learning Curves	270	(2)
International Project Management	272	(1)
Strategic Planning for Project Management	273	(5)
Modern Developments in Project Management	278	(1)
Impact of Concurrent Engineering on Project Management	279	(2)
Quality Management	281	(16)
Contracts	297	(17)
CROSSWORD PUZZLES
Scope Management	314	(2)
Time (Schedule) Management	316	(2)
Cost Management	318	(2)
Human Resources Management	320	(2)
Communications Management	322	(2)
Risk Management	324	(2)
Quality Management	326	(2)
Procurement Management	328	(2)
Summary	330	(3)
CASE STUDIES
TRW Nelson	333	(6)
Webster Industrial Controls	339	(3)
Project Management at Liberty Construction	342	(8)
Starr Air Force Base (SAFB)	350	(6)
Project Management at Costa Pharmaceutical Laboratories	356	(5)
MIS Project Management at First National Bank	361	(9)
Concrete Masonry Corporation	370	(6)
Construction of a Gas Testing Laboratory in Iran	376