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Preface xiii
Introduction 1
What Is Project Management Anyway? 2
Advantages of Project Management 6
Organizing for Project Management 7
Prqjectized Organization 7
The Traditional Organization 9
The Matrix Organization 11
The Project Office 12
How the Project Manager Makes Projects Successful 13
The Project Life Cycle 14
Project Processes 14
Summary 15
1. Scope Management 16
Initiation of the Project 17
Project Charter 17
Constraints and Assumptions 18
Who Are Those Stakeholders? 18
Cost and Its Relationship to Price 19
Overbid or Underbid: Which Is Better for Your Company? 20
Getting to the Scope Baseline 23
Work Breakdown Structure 25
Systems Approach to Work Breakdown Structure 28
Additional Project Breakdown Structures 30
Change Management 30
Project Justifications 31
The Break Even Chart 32
Problems with Break Even Charts 33
Average Hate of Return on Investment 34
Present Value of Money 34
Internal Rate of Return on Investment 39
Summary 44
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2. Time Management 46
Activity Definition ^
Activity Sequencing
Activity on Arrow Diagramming 4
Precedence Diagramming Method (PDM) 4
Logical Relationships
Finish Start Relationship (FS)
Stan Start Relationship (SS) 5°
Finish Finish Relationship (FF)
Start Finish Relationship (SF) ^
Leads and Lap
Diagramming Relationships
Project Start and Project Finish Events
Logical Precedence Diagram !.(
Activity Durations .„
Building the Network Diagram
Buffering the Schedule ,_
Critical Path Method (CPM) b
Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
Monte Carlo Simulation _?
The Simulation „„
Output from the Monte Carlo Simulation ,
Summary
3. Cost Management
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Why We Need Cost Management
Project Life Cycle and Project Cost f
Using the Work Breakdown Structure
Cost Estimating
Types of Estimates
Top Down Estimates
Bottom Up Estimates
Analogous Estimates
Parametric Estimates
Definitive Estimates
Cost Budgeting ^
Cost Control 83
Earned Value Reporting ~
Cumulative Reporting
Earned Value Parameters
Difficulties in Data Collection ^
I Contents v ll
Reporting Work Complete 87
Examples 87
Calculated Values for Earned Value Reports 88
Financial Measures 92
Return on Sales 96
Return on Assets 97
Economic Value Added 97
Depreciation 98
Straight Line Depreciation 98
Accelerated Depreciation 99
Sum of the Years Digits 100
Double Declining Balances 101
Summary 101
4. Human Resources Management 103
Project Manager Roles and Responsibilities 103
Strong Matrix, Weak Matrix, and the Balanced Matrix 105
Strong Matrix 105
Weak Matrix 107
Balanced Matrix 107
Making Matrix Management Work 108
Personnel and Personal Evaluations 109
Motivation 109
Importance of Motivation 109
Industrial Revolution 109
Scientific Management 110
Learning Curve Theory 110
Depression Era 110
World War II 110
Post World War II 111
Motivational Ideas 112
Procedures versus Motivation 112
Expectancy Theory 114
Maslow s Hierarchy of Needs Theory 114
Hertzberg s Motivation/Hygiene Theory 116
Supervisory Style and Delegation 117
Job and Work Design 118
Job Enlargement 118
Job Enrichment 119
Quality Circles 120
Power 121
Forms of Power 121
Coercive Power and Reward Power 121
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Legitimate Power 121
Referent Power 122
Expert Power 122
Representative Power 122
Leadership 123
Theory X and Theory Y Managers 123
Conflict Resolution 123
Forcing 124
Smoothing 125
Compromise 125
Problem Solving 126
Withdrawal 126
Managing Meetings 126
Managing Meetings Effectively 128
Before the Meeting 128
Beginning the Meeting 129
Summary 129
5. Risk Management 131
When to Do Risk Management 132
Risk Components 132
Risk Identification 132
Risk Probability 133
Risk Impact 133
Steps in Risk Management 133
Risk Identification 133
Risk Evaluation 133
Risk Mitigation 134
Risk Control and Evaluation 134
Risk Tolerance 134
Experiment in Risk Tolerance 135
Risk Identification 136
Documentation Reviews 136
Brainstorming 136
Delphi Technique 137
Nominal Group Technique 137
Crawford Slip 138
Expert Interviews 138
Checklists 139
Analogy 139
Diagramming Techniques 139
Recording of Risks Identified 140 .
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Risk Evaluation 140
Probability Analysis 142
The Addition Rule 144
The Multiplication Rule 146
Impact Analysis 148
Expected Value 149
Decision Trees 150
Organizing the Risks 155
Prioritizing the Risks 155
Comparative Ranking 156
Grouping the Risks 157
Affinity Diagramming 157
Risk Response Planning 158
Risk Strategies 158
Avoidance 158
Transfer 159
Contracting 160
Acceptance 160
Mitigation 160
Risk Opportunities 161
Budgeting for Risk 161
Risk Monitoring and Control 162
Summary 163
6. Quality Management 164
Quality Planning 165
Quality Assurance 166
Cost of Quality 166
Costs of Prevention 167
Costs of Defects 167
Deming s Fourteen Points 168
Quality Control 168
Sampling Inspection 169
Acceptable Quality Level (AQL) 170
Buyer s Risk and Seller s Risk 170
Other Quality Control Techniques 171
Flowcharts and Diagrams 171
Cause and Effect Diagrams 171
Pareto Charts 171
Control Charts 174
Checklists 177
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Kaizen 177
Benchmarking 177
Summary 177
7. Contract and Procurement Management 179
Contract Management 180
Make or Buy 180
Contract Life Cycle 181
Requirement Process 181
Requisition Process 182
Solicitation Process 183
Award Process 183
Contract Process 183
Contract Types 183
Fixed Price Contract 184
Firm Fixed Price Contract 184
Fixed Price Plus Economic Adjustment Contract 185
Fixed Price Plus Incentive Contract 186
Cost Plus Contract I86
Cost Plus Fixed Fee Contract 187
Cost Plus Award Fee Contract 188
Cost Plus Incentive Fee Contract 188
Procurement Management 188
Commodities I88
Unique Products and Services 18J
Forward Buying 1°®
Blanket Orders I90
Split Orders I?1
Summary ¦¦ *¦
8. Communications Management 193
General Model of Communications 193
Thinking 194
Encoding *°
Symbols 194
Transmitting * *
Perceiving ^
Decoding 19 $
Understanding * 5
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Barriers to Communications 196
Distorted Perceptions 196
Distrusted Sources 196
Transmission Errors 196
Improving Communications 197
Make the Message Relevant for the Receiver 197
Reduce the Message to Its Simplest Terms 197
Organize the Message into a Series of Stages 197
Repeat the Key Points 197
Verbal and Written Communications 198
Formal and Informal Communications 199
Formal Communications 199
Informal Communications 199
Improving Listening 200
Don t Interrupt 200
Put Speaker at Ease 201
Appear Interested 201
Cut Out Distractions 202
Periodically Sum Up What Was Said 202
Networking 202
Circular Networks 202
Chain Networks 203
The Wheel 204
Free and Open Communications 204
Management by Walking Around 205
Performance Reviews 206
Summary 207
Practice Questions 209
Practice Questions Answer Key 257
Practice Examination 297
Practice Examination Answer Key 339
Appendix: Probability Distributions 341
Glossary 349
Bibliography 369
Index 371
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