Ebook Project management for business, engineering, and technology: Principles and practice (3rd edition) – Part 1

Ebook Project management for business, engineering, and technology: Principles and practice (3rd edition) – Part 1 include of the following contents: Part I: Philosophy and concepts, Part II: Systems development cycle, Part III: Systems and procedures for planning and control.
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Ebook Project management for business, engineering, and technology: Principles and practice (3rd edition) – Part 1 Project Management for Business, Engineering, and Technology This page intentionally left blank Project Management for Business, Engineering, and Technology Principles and Practice 3 R D E D I T I O N John M. Nicholas Loyola University Chicago Herman Steyn University of Pretoria AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDON • NEW YORK • OXFORD PARIS • SAN DIEGO • SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK Copyright © 2008, Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: (ϩ44) 1865 843830, fax: (ϩ44) 1865 853333, E-mail: permissions@elsevier.com.uk. You may also complete your request on-line via the Elsevier homepage (http://www.elsevier.com), by selecting “Support & Contact” then “Copyright and Permissions” and then “Obtaining Permissions.” Front cover photograph of the Nelson Mandela Bridge by Jorge Jung. Background puzzle image courtesy of iStock/starfotograf. Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, Elsevier prints its books on acid-free paper whenever possible. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Application submitted British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. This book was previously published by Pearson Education, Inc. ISBN: 978-0-7506-8399-9 For information on all Butterworth-Heinemann publications visit our Web site at http://www.books.elsevier.com Typeset by Charon Tec Ltd (A Macmillan Company), Chennai, India www.charontec.com 08 09 10 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in Canada To Sharry, Julia, Joshua, and Abigail John M. Nicholas To Karen and Janine Herman Steyn BRIEF CONTENTS Introduction xxiii PART I: PHILOSOPHY AND CONCEPTS 1 1 What is Project Management? 3 2 Systems Approach and Systems Engineering 32 PART II: SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT CYCLE 73 3 Systems Development Cycle and Project Conception 75 4 Project and System Definition 118 PART III: SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES 155 5 Planning Fundamentals 157 6 Project Time Planning and Networks 196 7 Advanced Project Network Analyses and Scheduling 240 8 Cost Estimating and Budgeting 289 9 Project Quality Management 332 10 Managing Risks in Projects 362 11 Project Execution and Control 404 12 Project Evaluation, Communication, Implementation, and Closeout 452 PART IV: ORGANIZATION BEHAVIOR 479 13 Project Organization Structure and Integration 481 14 Project Roles, Responsibility, and Authority 517 15 Managing Participation, Teamwork, and Conflict 545 PART V: PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE CORPORATE CONTEXT 575 16 The Management of Project Management 577 17 Project Selection and Portfolio Management 604 18 International Project Management 628 Author Index 691 Subject Index 694 vi CONTENTS Preface xvii Acknowledgments xx About the Authors xxi Introduction xxiii I.1 In the Beginning xxiii I.2 What Is a Project? xxvi I.3 Project Management: The Need xxviii I.4 Response to a Changing Environment xxx I.5 Systems Approach to Management xxx I.6 Project Goal and Project Management Benefits xxxi I.7 Project Management: The Person, the Team, the Methodology xxxii I.8 About This Book xxxiii I.9 PMBOK xxxv I.10 Study Project Assignment xxxvi Review Questions xxxvii Endnotes xxxviii PART I: PHILOSOPHY AND CONCEPTS 1 CHAPTER 1 What Is Project Management? 3 1.1 Functions and Viewpoints of Management 3 1.2 Project Viewpoint versus Traditional Management 5 1.3 Evolution of Project Management 8 1.4 Where Is Project Management Appropriate? 10 1.5 Management by Project: A Common Approach 13 1.6 Different Forms of Project Management 14 1.7 Project Environments 17 1.8 Project Management in Industrial Settings 18 1.9 Project Management in the Service Sector 21 1.10 Project and Program Management in Government and the Public Sector 23 1.11 Summary 26 Review Questions 27 vii Questions About the Study Project 28 Case 1-1 28 Case 1-2 29 Endnotes 30 CHAPTER 2 Systems Approach and Systems Engineering 32 2.1 Systems Thinking 33 2.2 Definition of System 33 2 ...