Lock, Dennis. creator text xxu Aldershot Gower 2007 9th ed. monographic eng

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xxii, 520 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. + 1 CD-ROM. 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 breakdon 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. Dennis Lock. Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-505) and index. Work breakdown structure Project management 658.404 9780566087691 0566087693 9780566087721 0566087723 100823