The Essentials of Project Management
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THE ESSENTIALS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SECOND EDITION
The Essentials of Project Management
Second Edition
Dennis Lock
Gower
O Dennis Lock 2001
A l rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, l stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the permission of the publisher.
First published 1996 This edition published by Gower Publishing Limited Gower House Croft Road Aldershot Hampshire G u l l 3HR England Gower Publishing Company 131 Main Street Burlington VT 05401-5600 USA
Dennis Lock has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Lock, Dennis 1929The essentials of project management. -2nd ed. 1. Industrial project management I. Title 658.4 '04 ISBN 0 566 08224 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Lock, Dennis. The essentials of project management / Dennis Lock.- 2nd ed. p. cm. ISBN 0-566-08224-1 (pbk) 1.Industrial project management. I. Title.
Typeset in lJalatinoby IMI. Typographers, Chester and printed in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin
Contents
List of figures Preface Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
ix xiii xv
1
Projects-Project management processes- Project objectives- The time/cost relationship- Balancing time, cost and quality - The Association for Project Management
2
Definition 11 The customer 's project specification - Project scope Usine checklists-The contractor 's initial design " " specification - Specification of production methods Construction smcification -Specificationsfor product development projects - Developing the project specification - Proiects which are difficult or impossible to define Reference
31
3 Organization Effective organization and communications- Project teams versus functional group or matrix organizations-
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THE ESSENTIALS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT
SECOND EDITION
The Essentials of Project Management
Second Edition
Dennis Lock
Gower
O Dennis Lock 2001
A l rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, l stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the permission of the publisher.
First published 1996 This edition published by Gower Publishing Limited Gower House Croft Road Aldershot Hampshire G u l l 3HR England Gower Publishing Company 131 Main Street Burlington VT 05401-5600 USA
Dennis Lock has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Lock, Dennis 1929The essentials of project management. -2nd ed. 1. Industrial project management I. Title 658.4 '04 ISBN 0 566 08224 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData Lock, Dennis. The essentials of project management / Dennis Lock.- 2nd ed. p. cm. ISBN 0-566-08224-1 (pbk) 1.Industrial project management. I. Title.
Typeset in lJalatinoby IMI. Typographers, Chester and printed in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin
Contents
List of figures Preface Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
ix xiii xv
1
Projects-Project management processes- Project objectives- The time/cost relationship- Balancing time, cost and quality - The Association for Project Management
2
Definition 11 The customer 's project specification - Project scope Usine checklists-The contractor 's initial design " " specification - Specification of production methods Construction smcification -Specificationsfor product development projects - Developing the project specification - Proiects which are difficult or impossible to define Reference
31
3 Organization Effective organization and communications- Project teams versus functional group or matrix organizations-
vi