Project Scheduling and Cost Control

Planning, Monitoring & Controlling the Baseline

By: James Taylor

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Hardcover | 30 November 2007

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Schedule and cost control are the key elements of successful project management. Yet, over 80% of all projects start with underestimated schedules and costs and are doomed to exceed projections before they begin. This clear and concise book demonstrates how to establish realistic estimates for successful project completion. It illustrates how to control a project's schedule and costs, but more importantly, it shows the reader how to develop the project's plans and processes so that controlling the schedule and costs are achievable goals.

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"With this book, Jim Taylor has captured the essence of project scheduling and cost control as a process versus just an activity, teaching the reader the true art and science of this vital process." -Bob McGannon, Director, Mindavation; "Finally, there is a book that describes the theoretical and practical applications of project schedule and cost planning and control covering the how and what it means for two difficult practical problems in all projects. This book explains, simply and practically, how to produce a schedule, create an estimate, and then execute the project. It is definitely an important resource for the new or experienced PM." -Joe R. "Chip" Stilwell, Stilwell and Associates of the USA, Inc.

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Introduction	p. 1
The Nature of Schedule and Cost Control	p. 1
What Is Schedule and Cost Control?	p. 2
Why Do We Need Schedule and Cost Control?	p. 3
The Project Life Cycle	p. 5
Requirements Review	p. 8
Schedule and Cost Control Documentation	p. 9
Identifying and Developing Customer Requirements	p. 17
Who Defines Requirements?	p. 18
What Are Requirements and Why Do We Need Them?	p. 18
Types of Requirements	p. 19
Writing Requirements	p. 21
The Statement of Work	p. 23
Types of Statements of Work	p. 24
Benefits of a Well-Written Statement of Work	p. 26
The Statement of Work Format	p. 27
Identifying Project Requirements	p. 29
Determining Whether to Pursue a Project	p. 30
Special Customer Conditions	p. 32
Capturing All the Project Requirements	p. 34
Cross-Referencing Requirements Matrix	p. 35
Work Breakdown Structure and Baseline Development	p. 39
Benefits and Uses of a Work Breakdown Structure	p. 40
Assigning Task Responsibility	p. 40
Project Costing	p. 40
Work Breakdown Structure Models	p. 43
Building a Work Breakdown Structure	p. 46
Where Does the Work Breakdown Structure Originate?	p. 48
Translating the Work Breakdown Structure into the Plan	p. 51
The Baseline	p. 52
Scheduling	p. 57
Key Steps in Developing Schedules	p. 58
Input to Activity Definition for Developing Schedules	p. 58
Network Analysis	p. 59
Interpreting and Using Network Diagrams	p. 60
Network Diagram Development	p. 62
Network Diagram Rules of Thumb	p. 62
Network Diagram Types	p. 63
Using Precedence Diagramming for Project Schedule Development	p. 66
Techniques for Compressing the Schedule and Leveling Resources	p. 71
Methods for Compressing the Schedule	p. 71
Leveling Resources	p. 75
Gantt and Milestone Charts	p. 78
Cost Categories	p. 83
Mistakes and Inadequacies of Project-Costing Processes	p. 84
Cost Estimating Defined	p. 89
Types of Costs and Cost Categories	p. 92
Developing a Cost-Estimating Process	p. 96
Estimating and Budget Determination	p. 99
Resource Planning Fundamentals	p. 99
Resource Management Considerations	p. 101
Duration	p. 103
Estimating	p. 107
Types of Estimates	p. 108
Estimating Recommendations	p. 109
Estimating Tools and Techniques	p. 109
Project Reserves	p. 111
Program Evaluation and Review Technique	p. 112
Standard Deviation in PERT Estimates	p. 114
Finalizing the Estimates	p. 115
Collecting Cost Data with the Integrated Work Breakdown Structure	p. 116
Planning the Project	p. 119
Why Plan?	p. 120
Scope Planning	p. 120
Schedule Planning	p. 121
Calculating Productivity and Labor Availability	p. 122
Gantt Chart	p. 123
Milestone Charts	p. 124
Estimating	p. 124
Cost Estimating	p. 126
Resource Planning	p. 129
Risk Planning	p. 132
Subsidiary Management Plans	p. 133
The Project Plan	p. 137
Project Management Planning Software	p. 137
The Implementation Phase	p. 141
Implementing the Project	p. 142
Monitoring the Project	p. 147
Data Collecting	p. 147
Data Analysis	p. 147
Information Reporting	p. 148
Controlling the Project	p. 151
Cost Variances	p. 151
Schedule Variances	p. 151
Scope Changes	p. 152
Risk	p. 153
Monitoring and Control	p. 161
Understanding Evaluation and Control in Project Management	p. 162
Controlling Schedule and Cost	p. 163
What Is Earned Value Management?	p. 165
Key Earned Value Terminology	p. 165
Applying Earned Value: An Example	p. 169
Earned Value Analysis: Formulas and Their Interpretation	p. 171
Variance Indicators	p. 171
Performance Indexes	p. 172
Percent Complete and Percent Spent	p. 173
Completion Estimates	p. 174
Data Presentation	p. 176
Estimating Percent Complete	p. 178
Analyzing Variance	p. 180
Status Reporting	p. 182
Understanding the Project Change Process	p. 187
What Is a Project Change Process?	p. 188
Configuration Management	p. 189
Critical Steps in Creating a Change Management Process	p. 190
Manage Change	p. 191
Understanding Project Change Control and Change Control Management	p. 201
Basis of Control and Management	p. 201
Why a Change Management Process Is Required	p. 204
The Change Management Process	p. 205
Successfully Closing the Project	p. 215
How to Determine Project Completion	p. 216
Evaluate the Project Plan to Determine Project Completion	p. 216
Provide Concrete Measurements for Project Completion	p. 216
Other Project Completion Activities	p. 217
Exit Strategy Process	p. 218
Celebrate Success	p. 223
Administer Closeout	p. 223
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