Project Management, Planning and Control. Managing Engineering, Construction and Manufacturing Projects to PMI, APM and BSI Standards. Edition No. 8

Table of Contents

1. Project definition
2. Project management
3. Programme and portfolio management
4. Project context (project environment)
5. Business case
6. Investment appraisal
7. Stakeholder management
8. Project-success criteria
9. Organization structures
10. Organization roles
11. Project life cycles
12. Work breakdown structures
13. Estimating
14. Project management plan
15. Risk management
16. Quality management
17. Change management
18. Configuration management
19. Basic network principles
20. Planning blocks and subdivision of blocks
21. Arithmetical analysis and floats
22. The case for manual analysis
23. Lester diagram
24. Graphical and computer analysis
25. Milestones and line of balance
26. Simple examples
27. Progress reporting
28. Project management and network planning
29. Network applications outside the construction industry
30. Resource loading
31. Cash flow forecasting
32. Cost control and EVA
33. Control graphs and reports
34. Procurement
35. Value management
36. Health, safety and environment
37. Information management
38. Communication
39. Team building and motivation
40. Leadership
41. Negotiation
42. Conflict management and dispute resolution
43. Governance of project management
44. Project close-out and handover
45. Project close-out report and review
46. Stages and sequence
47. Worked example 1: Bungalow
48. Worked example 2: Pumping installation
49. Worked example 3: Motor car
50. Worked example 4: Battle tank
51. Primavera P2
52. Building Information Modelling (BIM)
53. Virtual Design and Construction (VDC)
54. Sustainability
55. Project assurance

Appendices
1. Agile project management
2. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Big Data
3. Case study 1: Cement plant
4. Case study 2: Teesside oil terminal
5. Abbreviations and acronyms
6. Glossary
7. Sample examination; questions 1: Questions
8. Sample examination; questions 2: Bullet point answers
9. Syllabus summary bullet points
10. Words of wisdom
11. Bibliography

Authors

Albert Lester EUR. ING. Albert Lester, CEng, FICE, FIMechE, FIStructE, Hon FAPM, United Kingdom. Albert Lester is a Chartered Civil, Mechanical and Structural Engineer with a lifetime of experience in project management for engineering design and construction projects. He has managed large projects for Tarmac, Sim Chem (Simon Engineering), Senior Engineering and Foster Wheeler Power Products and has accredited many project management courses for the Association for Project Management (APM), as well as setting and marking APM exams. He has taught and lectured widely on the topic at a number of universities including University College London (UCL), was a member of BSI and ISO panels developing new project management standards and acted as adjudicator and expert witness in many industrial and construction disputes.