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Project management / Dennis Lock.

By: Lock, Dennis.
Publisher: Aldershot, England : Gower, c2007Edition: 9th ed.Description: xxii, 520 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780566087721 (pbk.); 0566087723 (pbk.).Subject(s): Project managementDDC classification: 658.404
Contents:
Introduction to project management -- Factors for project success or failure -- Defining the project task -- Estimating the project costs -- First steps in planning the timescale -- Financial appraisal and the business plan -- Risk -- Project authorization -- Project organization structures -- Organization of management change and IT projects -- Key people in the organization -- Work breakdown and coding -- Completing the breakdown structures -- Detailed planning : an introduction to critical path networks -- Detailed planning : critical path networks in practice -- Principles of resource scheduling -- Scheduling people (and other reusable resources) -- Scheduling materials -- Scheduling cash flows -- Computer applications -- Managing project start-up -- Aspects of commercial management -- Managing procurement -- Managing progress -- Managing changes -- Managing project costs -- Earned-value analysis and cost reporting -- Managing multiple projects, programmes and portfolios -- More advanced or less frequently used techniques -- Managing project closure.
Item type Current location Shelf location Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU
658.404 LOC (Browse shelf) 1 Available SABDx,23002,03,RM 5000032276
Main Collection Taylor's Library-TU

Floor 4, Shelf 25 , Side 2, TierNo 3, BayNo 6

658.404 LOC (Browse shelf) 1 Available SABDx,23002,03,RM 5000027968

Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-505) and index.

Introduction to project management -- Factors for project success or failure -- Defining the project task -- Estimating the project costs -- First steps in planning the timescale -- Financial appraisal and the business plan -- Risk -- Project authorization -- Project organization structures -- Organization of management change and IT projects -- Key people in the organization -- Work breakdown and coding -- Completing the breakdown structures -- Detailed planning : an introduction to critical path networks -- Detailed planning : critical path networks in practice -- Principles of resource scheduling -- Scheduling people (and other reusable resources) -- Scheduling materials -- Scheduling cash flows -- Computer applications -- Managing project start-up -- Aspects of commercial management -- Managing procurement -- Managing progress -- Managing changes -- Managing project costs -- Earned-value analysis and cost reporting -- Managing multiple projects, programmes and portfolios -- More advanced or less frequently used techniques -- Managing project closure.