This document outlines the table of contents for a book on project management. It covers 45 chapters organized under topics such as project concepts and definitions, project life cycles, project planning, scheduling techniques, quality management, cost management, communication, and risk management. The chapters will discuss key aspects of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and closing projects. They address the roles and skills of project managers, as well as tools and methodologies used in project selection, scope definition, budgeting, and ensuring project success.
This document outlines the table of contents for a book on project management. It covers 45 chapters organized under topics such as project concepts and definitions, project life cycles, project planning, scheduling techniques, quality management, cost management, communication, and risk management. The chapters will discuss key aspects of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and closing projects. They address the roles and skills of project managers, as well as tools and methodologies used in project selection, scope definition, budgeting, and ensuring project success.
This document outlines the table of contents for a book on project management. It covers 45 chapters organized under topics such as project concepts and definitions, project life cycles, project planning, scheduling techniques, quality management, cost management, communication, and risk management. The chapters will discuss key aspects of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and closing projects. They address the roles and skills of project managers, as well as tools and methodologies used in project selection, scope definition, budgeting, and ensuring project success.
1. INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT:Broad Contents, Functions of Management
2. CONCEPTS, DEFINITIONS AND NATURE OF PROJECTS:Why Projects are initiated?, Project Participants 3. CONCEPTS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT:THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, Managerial Skills 4. PROJECT MANAGEMENT METHODOLOGIES AND ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES:Systems, Programs, and Projects 5. PROJECT LIFE CYCLES:Conceptual Phase, Implementation Phase, Engineering Project 6. THE PROJECT MANAGER:Team Building Skills, Conflict Resolution Skills, Organizing 7. THE PROJECT MANAGER (CONTD.):Project Champions, Project Authority Breakdown 8. PROJECT CONCEPTION AND PROJECT FEASIBILITY:Feasibility Analysis 9. PROJECT FEASIBILITY (CONTD.):Scope of Feasibility Analysis, Project Impacts 10. PROJECT FEASIBILITY (CONTD.):Operations and Production, Sales and Marketing 11. PROJECT SELECTION:Modeling, The Operating Necessity, The Competitive Necessity 12. PROJECT SELECTION (CONTD.):Payback Period, Internal Rate of Return (IRR) 13. PROJECT PROPOSAL:Preparation for Future Proposal, Proposal Effort 14. PROJECT PROPOSAL (CONTD.):Background on the Opportunity, Costs, Resources Required 15. PROJECT PLANNING:Planning of Execution, Operations, Installation and Use 16. PROJECT PLANNING (CONTD.):Outside Clients, Quality Control Planning 17. PROJECT PLANNING (CONTD.):Elements of a Project Plan, Potential Problems 18. PROJECT PLANNING (CONTD.):Sorting Out Project, Project Mission, Categories of Planning 19. PROJECT PLANNING (CONTD.):Identifying Strategic Project Variables, Competitive Resources 20. PROJECT PLANNING (CONTD.):Responsibilities of Key Players, Line manager will define 21. PROJECT PLANNING (CONTD.):The Statement of Work (Sow) 22. WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE:Characteristics of Work Package 23. WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE:Why Do Plans Fail? 24. SCHEDULES AND CHARTS:Master Production Scheduling, Program Plan 25. TOTAL PROJECT PLANNING:Management Control, Project Fast-Tracking 26. PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT:Why is Scope Important?, Scope Management Plan 27. PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT:Project Scope Definition, Scope Change Control 28. NETWORK SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES:Historical Evolution of Networks, Dummy Activities 29. NETWORK SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES:Slack Time Calculation, Network Re-planning 30. NETWORK SCHEDULING TECHNIQUES:Total PERT/CPM Planning, PERT/CPM Problem Areas 31. PRICING AND ESTIMATION:GLOBAL PRICING STRATEGIES, TYPES OF ESTIMATES 32. PRICING AND ESTIMATION (CONTD.):LABOR DISTRIBUTIONS, OVERHEAD RATES 33. PRICING AND ESTIMATION (CONTD.):MATERIALS/SUPPORT COSTS, PRICING OUT THE WORK 34. QUALITY IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT:Value-Based Perspective, Customer-Driven Quality 35. QUALITY IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT (CONTD.):Total Quality Management 36. PRINCIPLES OF TOTAL QUALITY:EMPOWERMENT, COST OF QUALITY 37. CUSTOMER FOCUSED PROJECT MANAGEMENT:Threshold Attributes 38. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT TOOLS:Data Tables, Identify the problem, Random method 39. PROJECT EFFECTIVENESS THROUGH ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY:Messages of Productivity, Productivity Improvement 40. COST MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN PROJECTS:Project benefits, Understanding Control 41. COST MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL IN PROJECTS:Variance, Depreciation 42. PROJECT MANAGEMENT THROUGH LEADERSHIP:The Tasks of Leadership, The Job of a Leader 43. COMMUNICATION IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT:Cost of Correspondence, CHANNEL 44. PROJECT RISK MANAGEMENT:Components of Risk, Categories of Risk, Risk Planning 45. PROJECT PROCUREMENT, CONTRACT MANAGEMENT, AND ETHICS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT:Procurement Cycles