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9781567261448

Project Estimating and Cost Management

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    9781567261448

  • ISBN10:

    1567261442

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2001-10-01
  • Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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Summary

Learn the best ways to apply new tools for project estimating and cost management. Gain insights into best practices for progress monitoring and cost management, as well as for dealing effectively with external projects.

Author Biography

Parviz F. Rad, Ph.D. is the Distinguished Service Professor and Director of the Graduate Project Management Program at the Stevens Institute of Technology. A noted author and lecturer, he is the editor of The Project Management Journal®.

Table of Contents

Preface xi
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction
1(10)
Project Scope and Objectives
2(3)
Organizational Objectives
5(1)
Project Selection
6(5)
Deliverable-Oriented Work Breakdown Structure
11(16)
Work Breakdown Structure
12(1)
WBS Development Steps
13(1)
The Division Bases
13(2)
Case Example: WBS for an Industrial Complex
15(1)
Comparison of the Different Bases
16(1)
Process-Oriented Projects
17(2)
Organizational Priorities
19(2)
Semantics
21(1)
Changing the Paradigm
22(5)
Resource Breakdown Structure
27(16)
Nomenclature, Dimensions, and Units
28(1)
Resource Breakdown Structure
29(2)
RBS Development
31(1)
The Primary Division Basis
32(2)
Lower-Level Division Bases with a Concentration on Human Resources
34(2)
Estimating the Costs
36(2)
Detailed Example
38(5)
Estimating Models
43(24)
Accuracy
47(3)
Parametric Estimating
50(3)
Modular Estimating
50(1)
Parametric Model
51(2)
Analogous Estimating
53(9)
Ratio Estimating
54(1)
The Three-Quarters Rule
55(4)
The Square Root Rule
59(2)
The Two-Thirds Rule
61(1)
Range Estimating
62(2)
Expert Judgment
64(1)
Normalization
64(3)
Progress Monitoring
67(14)
Developing a Monitoring Plan
70(3)
Elements of Monitoring
73(2)
Earned Value
75(3)
Productivity
78(3)
Cost Management
81(18)
Causes of Change
85(2)
Feed-Forward Technique
87(1)
Impact of Schedule on Cost
88(6)
Lifecycle Costs
94(1)
Impact of Project Risk
95(4)
External Projects
99(16)
Specifications
100(2)
Contracts
102(4)
Response to Specifications
106(2)
Bidding
108(2)
Project Costs
110(2)
Direct Costs
110(1)
Indirect Costs
110(1)
Overhead
111(1)
Allowance
111(1)
Contingency
112(1)
Project Audit
112(3)
Bibliography 115(2)
Index 117

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