ABSTRACT

Although projects always carry risk, too many projects run late or exceed their original budgets by eye-watering amounts. This book is a comprehensive guide to the procedures needed to ensure that projects will be delivered on time, to specification and within budget.

Eight expert contributors have combined their considerable talents to explain all aspects of project control from project conception to completion in an informative text, liberally supported where necessary by clear illustrations.

This handbook will benefit all project practitioners, including project managers and those working in project management offices. It will also provide an invaluable guide for students studying for higher degrees in project management and its associated disciplines.

part I|46 pages

Getting started

chapter 1|9 pages

Project fundamentals

chapter 2|8 pages

Introducing project controls

chapter 3|11 pages

Project authorization

chapter 4|7 pages

Control principles

chapter 5|9 pages

Essential coding structures

part II|23 pages

Project organization

chapter 6|5 pages

Organization structures

chapter 7|8 pages

More complex organizations

chapter 8|8 pages

The Project Management Office

part III|46 pages

Cost control

chapter 9|7 pages

Introduction to cost accounting

chapter 10|8 pages

Introduction to cost estimating

chapter 11|7 pages

Cost estimating for construction

chapter 12|9 pages

Cost estimating accuracy

part IV|84 pages

Scheduling

chapter 15|9 pages

Basic planning methods

chapter 16|12 pages

Critical path planning

chapter 17|6 pages

Accelerating the project

chapter 18|6 pages

Scheduling project resources 1

chapter 19|11 pages

Scheduling project resources 2

chapter 20|15 pages

Project schedule technical integrity

chapter 21|11 pages

Controlling project manufacturing

chapter 22|12 pages

More specialized scheduling

part V|46 pages

Risk management

chapter 23|7 pages

Introduction to risk management

chapter 24|13 pages

Qualitative risk management

chapter 25|8 pages

Quantitative risk management

chapter 26|16 pages

Useful risk management tools

part VI|23 pages

Purchasing and contracts

chapter 27|11 pages

Controlling purchasing

chapter 28|10 pages

Project contracts

part VII|59 pages

Monitoring and measuring for control

chapter 29|7 pages

The integrated project baseline

chapter 31|10 pages

Managing progress

chapter 32|13 pages

Controlling changes

chapter 33|8 pages

Performance measurement and analysis

part VIII|34 pages

Information and communications

chapter 35|8 pages

Communications and documentation

chapter 36|6 pages

Controlling archives

chapter 37|8 pages

Meetings

chapter 38|10 pages

Giving controls high visibility

part IX|21 pages

Assurance and governance

chapter 39|7 pages

Project reviews and audits

chapter 40|12 pages

Governance of controls

part X|25 pages

People

chapter 41|7 pages

Managing project people

chapter 42|5 pages

Performance improvement methods

chapter 43|11 pages

Managing yourself and your career

part XI|11 pages

Case examples

chapter |3 pages

Case A

The Herbert-Ingersoll tragedy

chapter |3 pages

Case B

The Channel Tunnel project

chapter |3 pages

Case C

Losing and regaining control