ABSTRACT

Project Management:Planning and Scheduling Techniques is a highly readable guide to the essentials of project planning, scheduling, and control aimed at readers looking for an introduction to the core concepts of planning and scheduling, including the ‘Critical Path Method’, but also the ‘Precedence Diagramming Method’, the ‘Line of Balance’ technique, and the ‘Programme Evaluation and Review Technique’. This book explains the theory behind the methods and makes effective use of learning outcomes, exercises, diagrams, and examples to provide clear and actionable knowledge for students and project managers.

The book can be used as a classroom textbook or as a self-study guide for project managers taking their professional qualifications, and it includes examples from a wide range of project management scenarios. It is suitable for planning and scheduling courses in the fields of industrial, civil, and mechanical engineering, construction, and management.

chapter 1|10 pages

Project Management

chapter 2|9 pages

Work Breakdown Structure

chapter 3|18 pages

Bar Charts

chapter 4|21 pages

Development of Network

chapter 5|18 pages

Critical Path Method – I

Activity Times

chapter 6|20 pages

Critical Path Method – II

Activity Floats

chapter 7|24 pages

Crashing

Time-Cost Tradeoff

chapter 8|16 pages

Limited Time Resource Scheduling

chapter 9|12 pages

Project Control and Updating

chapter 10|19 pages

Programme Evaluation and Review Technique – I

Event Times

chapter 11|19 pages

Programme Evaluation and Review Technique – II

Probability of Completion

chapter 12|46 pages

Precedence Diagramming Method

chapter 13|19 pages

Line of Balance for Repetitive Projects

chapter 14|13 pages

Selection of Planning Techniques