Project management / Dennis Lock

Includes bibliographical references 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

This bestselling book covers the project management process from initial appraisal to closedown, using methods that range from simple charts to powerful computer systems. The projects are drawn from a wide range of industries.