MODERN PROJECT MANAGEMENT - MISHRA, PC; SOOTA, TARUN (NEW AGE INTERNATIONAL)
Keywords: . Project Management: An Overview . Challenges in Project Management. Role of Liberalisation and Globalisation .Foreign Investment in Projects . Project Imports and Import Substitution . _ . . . Forms of International Business .Public Sector Projects. . Disadvantages of Public Corporations Project Management Vs, Functional Management . Types of Production Systems with Different Degrees of Flexibility Comparison of Project and Typical Business. Zero Date of a Project .Pre-Project Activities .Project Activities . Concept of Project Management Project Management Definition . Project Classification and Taxonomy . Management Phases Project Life Cycle Curve . . Project Visibility Project Cycle for an Engineering Project. A Framework for Project Management Issues Project Management as a Conversion Process Project Environment and Complexity Elements of Project Management . Techniques for Project Management .Roles and Attributes for Project Manager Project Appraisal and Selection . Government Regulations . . Project Identification . Identify Potential Problems . Tapping of Project Ideas . Project Screening and Selection Criteria .Preliminary Screening . Project Appraisal .Investment Alternatives Evaluation . Payback Put off or Recoupment Period . Net Present Value (NPV) . Average Rate of Return . Internal Rate of Return (MR) . Benefit to Outflow Ratio (BOR) . Accounting Rate of Return (ARR) . Department Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) . Social Profitability (SP) . Break Even Analysis (BEA) . Profitability Index (PI) Projects: Scope and Formulation . . Project Feasibility Report . Detailed Project Report (DPR) . Market and Demand Study . Primary and Secondary Information . General Sources of Secondary Information . Primary Information .Social Cost Benefit Analysis (SCBA) . Approaches to SCBA . Cost Estimates for Project . Cost Estimates and Accuracy . Comparison of Cost Estimation and Costing (Cost Accounting) Source of Finance 'Financial Structure - Institutions .National Financial Institutions Foreign Financial Institutions De demand Forecasting . Time Series Projection Method .Casual Method . Linear Trend Using Least Square Method Planning: A Systems Approach Project Planning .Concept of Systems . System Characteristics .Types of Systems .Information Bound System .Design of Systems .Project Breakdown Structure (PBS) .Work Breakdown Structure (WES) . Development of a Work Breakdown Structure . Decompose WBS .Organisational Breakdown Structure (OBS) .Resource Planning Schedule Development . Schedule Inputs Organisation Delegation . What to Delegate? . When to Delegate? . How to Delegate? Documenting Project Authority liotivation . Moslow's Hierarchy of Needs .ERG Theory . Theory X and Theory Y Otganisation Structures . Line and Functional Organisation Project Management as Specialised Staff Function. . Matrix Organisation . Task Force Organisation . Pure Projectised Organisation .Comparison of Functional, Matrix and Project Organisation .Project Manager's Duties: Multidisciplinary in Nature .Methods and Techniques for Developing Project Managers . Proj ect Direction, Co-ordination and Control .Work Schedule .Bar Chart .Schedule of Management Efforts . Project Direction . Project Co-ordination . Project Control . Progress Measurement . Project Expedition and Follow-up .Project Control Through Line of Balance (LOB) .Committed Activity Targets and Reserved Activity Targets (CATs and RATs) . Contracts Management . . Factors Effecting Tender .Tendering Procedure . Pre-qualification of Contractor . Preparation of Tender Documents . Receipt and Evaluation of Tenders . Selection of Contractor . Seller's Frustrations . Role of Responsibility, Reimbursement and Risk in Contracts . Responsibility or Scope of Work . Reimbursement . Risk . Types of Contracts . Thrn-key Contract . Piece-work Contract . Lump-sum Contract . The Cost Plus Percentage Contract . Labour Contract . Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) .Types of Reimbursements Vs Types of Contracts. Boot Projects .The Major Components of BOOT Project Include .Projects Suitable for BOOT Contracts Advantages of BOOT Projects Proeject Management Performance and Close Out . Factors Influencing Success of the Project . Factors Responsible for the Failure of the Project .Performance Indicators . Time Over-run . Cost Over-run . Project Sickness . Productivity as Performance Indicator . Value as Performance Indicator .Approacho,.z, to Performance Analysis . Performance Improvement .Do it Yourself Trap .The Turn-key Trap . Project Close Out . Administrative Closure .Financial Closure . Financial Audit . Celebration of Success .Natwork Techniques transition from Gantt Chart to Network Diagram .Advantages of Network Scheduling .Nerwork-based Scheduling Techniques MU Steps in Using Network Techniques .Some of the Assumptions in PERT or CPM are given below .Symbols Used in Network . . Determination of Floats and Slack Times . Total Float .Free Float .Independent Float .Event Slacks . Time Scale Representation of Floats and Slacks . Critical Path . Forward Pass (ES, EF) . Backward Pass (LF, LS) . Probability of Completion Time . Crashing of Network (Time Cost Relationship) . CPM Updating a Project . Data Required for Updating . Resource Allocation . Resource Smoothing . Line of Balance (LOB) Technique . Illustrative Case Study . Material Requirement Planning .Drawbacks of Service Levels and Safety Stock Computations .Type of Inventory .MRP Versus Order-point Systems .Aggregate Planning . Material Requirement Planning (MRP or MRPI) .Capacity Requirement Planning (CRP) . Bill of Materials (BOM) . Master Production Schedule (MPS) .Benefits of MRP . Limitations of MRP . Closed Loop MRP .Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) .Comparison between MRP-I and MRP-II . Enterprise Resource Planning .Evolution of ERP .Supply Chain Management .Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) .The 7 Rs of Re-engineering .Principles of Re-engineering .The Re-engineering Process .. Internet and E-commerce .History of Internet and WEB . .Network of Networks .Protocols Used in. Internet .Common Use of Internet .Electronic Mail .Usenet .Telnet .IR C (Internet Really Chat) .File Transfer Protocol .Archie .Gopher .Veronica .World Wide Web .Internet Address . .Commercial Benefits of Internet .A Very Large Potential Customer Base .Augmented Revenue Potential .Reduced Costs .An Efficient and Swift Time to Market .Improved Customer Relations .Faster Customer Response .Enriching Information and Compelling Shopping Experience .Self-service .Advertising Electronic Commerce (E-Commercc) E-cash Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Information Technology Act Total Quality Management .Characteristics of Quality .Quality Attributes for Products and Services .Five Major Quality Attributes for Services Cost of Quality Traditional View of Costs and Zero Defect Costs Evolution of Quality Management TQM Definitions . . Commitment to Never-Ending Quality Improvement and Innovation