Activity scheduling is a fundamental but often misunderstood aspect of project management. This guide on activity scheduling, resource allocation and cost accounting enables readers to schedule projects that come in on time, to specification and within budget. Step by step instructions and examples teach a wide range of skills for immediate project improvement. Readers will find in-depth coverage of activity sequences, relationships and time estimates. Throughout the volume, Primavera Project Planner, a leading project management tool, is used to illustrate concepts. This book should be of interest to project managers, schedulers, and trainers in large and medium sized corporations, and consulting firms in engineering and manufacturing, as well as graduate and undergraduate students in courses on MIS, systems analysis and design, manufacturing, production, operations management, software engineering and industrial engineering.
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 250 mm
Breite: 170 mm
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978-0-442-00565-8 (9780442005658)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Introduction and overview - why study and use project management? Importance of good project planning. Five-step critical path method (CPM). Scheduling methodology. Importance of proper PDM activity relationships. How to determine good activity time estimates. Duration constraints defined. Need for good status reports. How PERT differs from CPM. Why time-cost tradeoffs are necessary. How time, money and resources relate to each other. Need for comprehensive resource allocation and control. Need for cost control.