Project Management

by Lock, Dennis

• ISBN13: 9780566087691
• ISBN10: 0566087693
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-30
• Publisher: Gower Pub Co

Summary

Dennis Lock's masterly exposition of the principles and practice of project management has been pre-eminent in its field for four decades. It was among the very few early books to treat project management holistically, rather than as a collection of separate techniques. It thus explains the entire project management process in great detail, demonstrating techniques ranging from the simplest of charts to sophisticated computer applications. Everything is reinforced throughout with case examples and diagrams.The text has been completely restructured and largely rewritten for this ninth edition, so that the sequence now follows even more closely the life-cycle of a typical project from its earliest definition to final close-out. Case examples and diagrams have all been reviewed, updated, augmented or replaced. Expansion from 25 to 30 chapters has allowed greater emphasis to be given to stakeholders' perceptions of success, the organization and management of business change projects, people's roles in project management and the wider business contexts in which project management has been adopted.As with previous editions, meticulous care has been taken to ensure that the text style is reader-friendly and free of unnecessary jargon, with clear diagrams and a construction that is logically organized, well indexed and simple to navigate. The result is certain to maintain the book's acclaimed status as the standard work for managers and students alike.

Table of Contents

Preface to the ninth edition

Introduction to project management

Factors for project success or failure

Defining the project task

Estimating the project costs

First steps in planning the timescale

Financial appraisal and the business plan

Risk

Project authorization

Project organization structures

Organization of management change and IT projects

Key people in the organization

Work breakdown and coding

Completing the breakdown structures

Detailed planning: an introduction to critical path networks

Detailed planning: critical path networks in practice

Principles of resource scheduling

Scheduling people (and other re-usable resources)

Scheduling materials

Scheduling cash flows

Computer applications

Managing project start-up

Aspects of commercial management

Managing procurement

Managing progress

Managing changes

Managing project costs

Earned-value analysis and cost reporting

Managing multiple projects, programmes and portfolios

More advanced or less frequently used techniques

Managing project closure

Bibliography

Index

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