Project Management, Planning and Control, 6th Edition

Key Features

• Focused on the needs of project managers in engineering, manufacturing and construction, unlike many generic business and soft-skills focused project management texts
• Closely aligned to the content of the APM and PMI bodies of knowledge, and written by an APM honorary fellow and former exam assessor, making it an ideal resource for professional study and exam preparation
• Listed as recommended reading within the APM Body of Knowledge, Fifth Edition, and included on numerous reading lists for undergraduate, graduate, and professional project management courses globally
• Complete worked examples and extensive appendices add to book's value

Description

Project Management, Planning and Control, now in its sixth edition, is an established, respected and widely recommended technical project management guide.

The book covers the entire spectrum of project management, from the initial project definition, business case, and organizational structuring through investment, risk and change management, reporting, and close-out. Along the way, topics of health and safety, negotiation, conflict management, and cost control are examined as well. These are just a few of the subjects addressed in this thorough, rigorous treatment of project management.

Fully aligned with the latest Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) for both the Project Management Institute (PMI) and the Association of Project Management (APM), the book is a vital study aid for those taking professional project management exams and a reference that practicing project managers will want to keep on hand.

The book is also aligned to the latest BS 6079 standard for project management in construction, setting it apart from the competition in both its engineering focus and its extensive coverage of planning, scheduling, budgeting, and control critical to engineering projects.

Readership

Project and contract managers, planning engineers and program managers in the engineering, construction and manufacturing sectors; Those studying for professional project management qualifications through the PMI and APM; Students on project management courses as part of broader undergraduate and graduate programs.

Project Management, Planning and Control, 6th Edition

Project definition; Project management; Programme and portfolio management; Project context (project environment); Business case; Investment appraisal; Stakeholder management; Project success criteria; Organization structure; Organization roles; Project life cycle; Work breakdown structures; Estimating; Project management plan;  Risk management; Quality management; Change management; Configuration management; Basic network principles; Planning blocks and sub division of blocks; Arithmetical analysis and floats; The case for manual analysis;  Lester diagram; Graphical and computer analysis; Milestones and line of balance; Simple examples; Progress reporting; Project management and network planning; Network applications outside construction industry; Resource loading; Cash flow forecasting; Cost control and EVA; Control graphs and reports; Procurement; Value management; Health and Safety and environmet; Information management; Communication; Team building and motivation; Leadership; Negotiation; Conflict management and dispute resolution; Governance; Project close-out and hand over; Project close-out report and review; Stages and sequence; Worked examples 1 : bungalow; Worked examples 2: pumping installation; Worked examples 3: motor car; Worked example 4: battle tank; Primavera P6 computer program; BIM; Appendices