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Chapter 8
Project Control...
... references and index.
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Chapter 2 The Role of the Project Manager 24
Chapter 3 Planning the Project 32
Chapter 4 Developing a Mission, Vision, Goals,
and Objectives for the Project 45
Chapter 5 Creating the Project ... most of the activities that
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An Overview of
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... first? What is the function of tactics? When would you plan
for logistics?
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efore a project team does any work, ... change
procedure.
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The project plan
should be reviewed
and signed off in
a meeting—not
through interoffice
mail!
Encourage ... such management for long.
The second meaning of control—and
the one I advocate for managers—is high-
lighted in the idea that control is exer-
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the book.
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been portrayed as a bar chart in Figure 8 -4, making use of what
was learned ... the other aims at improvement of performance. The
maintenance review just tries to keep the project on track. The
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No ... scope, and the project deliverable will still be acceptable to
the client. Of course, if you can get another person for a short
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... control of
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Good management
of projects can give
you a competitive
advantage.
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American ... illustration of
this concept.
As you can see, each side of the triple constraints triangle
represents a key project constraint. Sources of change are gener-
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American ... project triangle?
4. To whom should the response be communicated?
5. What change thresholds are appropriate to establish for this
project?
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Cumulative Spending
Time
Figure 11-1. BCWS curve.
800
3,800
6,200
5 ,40 0
5 ,40 0
2 ,40 0
2 ,40 0
2 ,40 0
800
4, 600
10,800
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26 ,40 0
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Task ... means
the project is behind schedule and under budget. However, be-
cause the manager spent 40 K and got 40 K of value for it, spend-
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The reason is that problems are often encountered near the
end of the task, and a lot of effort...
... bad
(50% probability)
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Value of expected NPV in 2002
ϭ
ϭ $1,001,877.
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INCORPORATING ... percentage is 0 .40 (80%) ϭ 32%. In Year 3, 20% ϩ 32% ϭ
52% of the depreciation has been taken, leaving 48 %, so the percentage is 0 .4( 48%) ഠ 19%. In
Year 4, the percentage is 0 .4( 29%) ഠ 12%. After 4 years, ... 8 years.
12- 14
Scenario analysis
12-13
Risky cash flows
12-12
New project analysis
12-11
New project analysis
project will generate cash flows of $2.5 million at the end of each of the next
four...
... FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
4
The purpose of this chapter is to give you an idea of what financial management
is all about. After you finish the chapter, you should have a reasonably good idea
of what finance ... Financial Management, Spring 1999, 89–98.
CHAPTER 1 ■ AN OVERVIEW OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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little threat. This situation existed because the shares of most firms were
so widely distributed, and management s ... in-
formation: (1) name of the proposed corporation, (2) types of activities it will
pursue, (3) amount of capital stock, (4) number of directors, and (5) names and
addresses of directors. The charter...
... coef-
ficients of variation for these two projects, we find that Project X has a coeffi-
cient of variation of 15/60 ϭ 0.25, and Project Y has a coefficient of variation
of 3/8 ϭ 0.375. Thus, we see that Project ... Deviation,
A statistical measure of the
variability of a set of observations.
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MEASURING STAND-ALONE RISK:
T
HE COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION
If a choice has ... return of 7 percent, a standard deviation of expected returns
of 35 percent, a correlation coefficient with the market of Ϫ0.3, and a beta coefficient of
Ϫ0.5. Security B has an expected return of...
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A ... governance ofproject management
3. Principles of governance ofproject management
This guide seeks to direct how a board of directors might address four main components of the
governance ofproject management:
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direct concern of corporate governance.
Note: GoPM is an abbreviation of governance ofproject management.
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... terms of the scope of this management activity. For purposes of this paper, we see a
distinction between technical management and project management. Technical management is the
business of managing ... dated 9/23/99
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Section 60 Life Cycle Design and Management, CRMP Guide to the ProjectManagement Body of
Knowledge, Centre for Research in the Managementof Projects, University of Manchester, ... that many managements place obstacles in the way of project
progress, perhaps unwittingly because ofmanagement s functional heritage. Yet another reason for a
solid set ofProject Management...
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Annex ...
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Travel, transportation
and per diems
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Name of organisation:
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... structure
The Master ofProjectManagement and Master of Business Administration double degree is made up of 14
courses:
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8 Master of Business Administration core courses
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3 Master ofProjectManagement ... principles ofprojectmanagement to a project environment in relation to project:
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scheduling and time management
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cost management
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quality management
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human resources management
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communications management
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risk ... management
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risk management
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procurement management
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integration management
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scope management
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apply management skills acquired through elective courses in the context ofproject management.
The Master of...