What Every Engineer Should Know about Project Management

ISBN-13: 9780367401948 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 296 str.

Arnold M. Ruskin; W. Eugene Estes

Opis

Covering the roles and responsibilities of the project manager, What Every Engineer Should Know about Project Management, Second Edition describes requirement specifications, work breakdown structures, project control, and risk management while offering added information on motivation, matrix arrangements, and project records. Discussing the anatomy of a project, planning and control, and techniques, the authors describe the project manager's entire range of responsibilities from initial planning to directing personnel, controlling work, and reporting results. The appendices cover work breakdown structure paradigms, cost versus time profiles, and checklists to assess work done.

Spis treści

Introduction. Anatomy of a Project. Roles and Responsibilities of the Project Manager. Planning Techniques. Control Techniques. Risk Management. Coordinating and Directing Techniques: Part I. Coordinating and Directing Techniques: Part II. Project Records and Reports. Negotiating. Epilogue. Appendix A: Work Breakdown Structure Paradigms and Processes. Appendix B: Transforming a Work Breakdown Structure into a Precedence Chart. Appendix C: Cost Versus Time Profiles. Appendix D: Measuring Project Progress: Percent Complete, Earned Value, and the Size of Work Increments. Appendix E: Questions to Assess Work Done. Appendix F: Cultural Aspects of Successful Matrix Organizations. Bibliography.

O autorze

Ruskin, Arnold M.; Estes, W. Eugene