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Taking a technical approach, this text looks at what defines a project and at the various techniques available to project managers.

Focusing on: the introduction of project management in established industrial concerns, risk assessment and quality in projects, the four phases of a project, and project management techniques such as Activity-on-Arrow and Activity-on-Node networks.

This book is suitable for project management students on a business or engineering course.

• Contains numerical and essay-style questions
• Includes a comprehensive glossary of terms.
• Diagrammatic explanations.
• Activity-on-arrow and activity-on-node networks analysis.

Additional Support Material

Companion website with lecturer resources, including answers to questions in the text.

• Fully revised and updated.
• In line with ISO and BSI standards.
• More information on risk management.
• Reflects movement towards ?Earned Value? as against ?Cost Control?.

1. Introduction
2  Projects and company organisational structures
3. Project organisation
4. Planning the project        
5. Quality and reliability management in projects                
6. Projects and procurement      
7. Projects and risk management         
8. Examining the project          
9. Controlling time  
10. Controlling cash 
11. Drawing the activity-on-arrow network               
12. Drawing the activity-on-node network                         
13. Analysing the activity-on-arrow network    
14. Analysing the activity-on-node network     
15. Precedence networks ? multiple dependency AON 
16. The network and the bar chart                          
17.  Resource analysis I            
18.  Resource analysis II           
19.  Line of balance and elemental trend analysis              
20.  Some practical considerations   

Project Management [BRIEF TEXTS] (Decision Science)

Project Management and Project Network Techniques, seventh edition

The key strength of this classic text is the clear and detailed coverage of the myriad of planning techniques that can be used to structure the process of project management. With comprehensive coverage of the concepts and principles of project management and the phases of managing a project, this seventh edition reflects the most recent developments in techniques and practice. 

The authors have avoided orientating the book towards any particular industry or the use of any specific software, and distil their wealth of experience in a straightforward and user-friendly style. 

 'Good coverage of networking principles and diagrams which are useful to both students and project professionals.'   Liz Lee-Kelly, Lecturer in E-Business and Project Management, School of Management, University of Surrey

 Features:

• Updated throughout to reflect current ISO and BSI standards.
• Extended coverage of risk management and more on ?earned value?.
• Extensive range of questions to check your understanding.
• Updated and comprehensive glossary.

This book is ideal for business or engineering students studying project management, and is equally useful for practising project managers.

  'Very good on the details of project network techniques.   Christine Urquhart, Senior Lecturer in Information Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Professor Keith Lockyer is formerly of the University of Bradford.

Dr James Gordon is formerly of the University of Birmingham, an Hon. Fellow of The Association for Project Management, past Chairman of the BSI Committee on Project Management, and Convenor of the ISO Working Group on ?Guidelines for Quality Management in Projects?.

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