Project Control

By Wayne J. Del Pico

This guide will help your through detailed reasoning behind the methodologies of monitoring, proper planning, and controlling your project costs and other factors

Price: $73.00
Product Code/ISBN: 9781118421062
Year: 2013
Binding: Softcover     Page Count: 240
Publisher: Wiley

Grab Project Control: Integrating Cost and Schedule in Construction to help manage your project better. This guide will help your through detailed reasoning behind the methodologies of monitoring, proper planning, and controlling your project costs and other factors. Whether you’re a student or a professional, if you deal with project costs this guide is essential for your success.

Table of Contents

Foreword

About the Author

Introduction

1. The Basics
   1. The Concept of Project Management
   2. History of Project Management
   3. Approaches to Project Management
   4. The Traditional Approach
   5. The Initiating Process
   6. The Planning Process
   7. The Executing Process
   8. The Monitoring and Controlling Process
   9. The Closing Process
   10. Benefits of Proper Planning
   11. The Role of the Project Manager
   12. Lead the Project Team
   13. Create the Project Plan
   14. Develop the Project Schedule
   15. Monitor the Progress of the Project
   16. Control the Project
   17. Take Corrective Action
   18. Achieve the Project Goals
   19. Goals of the Project
   20. Contractual Performance Obligations
   21. Financial Objectives
   22. Prevent or Minimize Delay
   23. Avoid Claims or Litigation
   24. Control the OPC Relationship
   25. Increase Market Share
   26. Role of the Contract Documents
   27. Study the Plans and Specifications
   28. Identify Discrepancies Early
   29. Visit the Project Site
   30. Understand the Project Constraints
   31. Determine Potential Problem Areas
   32. Understand Contract Procedures
   33. The Schedule and Budget
   34. Summary
2. Introduction to Project Control
   1. Overview of Project Control
   2. Project Control Terminology
   3. Project Control Formulas
   4. The Project Control Cycle
   5. Plan to Achieve Goals
   6. Execute Work According to Plan
   7. Measure the Progress
   8. Identify Variations
   9. Analyze Cause of Variations
   10. Implement Corrective Actions
   11. Execute Work and Measure Changes
   12. Summary
3. Pre-Construction Planning
   1. Initiating the Control Process
   2. Pre-Construction Planning
   3. Key Personnel and Responsibilities
   4. The Contractor’s Group
   5. The Design Professional’s Group
   6. Owner’s Group
   7. Regulatory Group
   8. The Plan – The Roadmap
   9. Establishing a Baseline for Schedule Control
   10. Establishing a Baseline for Cost Control
   11. The Communication Plan
   12. Summary
4. The Schedule
   1. Basic Scheduling Concepts
   2. Types of Schedules
   3. The Checklist
   4. The Schedule Board
   5. The Bar Chart
   6. The Look Ahead
   7. The Linear Schedule
   8. Advanced Scheduling Methods
   9. Program Evaluation and Review Technique
   10. Critical Path Method (CPM)
   11. The CPM Schedule as a Management Tool
   12. Tasks
   13. The Work Breakdown Structure
   14. Task Types
   15. Task Descriptions
   16. Task Durations
   17. Interdependencies
   18. Complex Relationships – Lags and Leads
   19. Milestones and Constraints
   20. Float
   21. Updating the Schedule
   22. Summary
5. The Budget
   1. Fundamentals of the Estimating Process
   2. Types of Estimates
   3. Organization of Estimates
   4. The Budget
   5. Deconstructing the Estimate to Build the Budget
   6. Project Cost Report
   7. The Budget as a Management Tool
   8. Summary
6. Integrating the Schedule and the Budget
   1. Schedule of Values
   2. Matching Cost Values to Tasks
   3. Planned vs. Actual Values
   4. Summary
7. Calculating and Analyzing Progress
   1. Measuring Performance
   2. Units Completed
   3. Incremental Milestone
   4. Start/Finish
   5. Cost Ratio
   6. Experience/Opinion
   7. Weighted or Equivalent Units
   8. Earned Value
   9. Fixed Budget Approach
   10. Variable Budget Approach
   11. Choosing a Fixed or Variable Approach
   12. Schedule and Cost Performance
   13. Summary
8. Analyzing and Reporting Variances in Schedule and Cost
   1. Understand Project Analyses
   2. Curves
   3. Tracking Gantt Chart
   4. Control Charts
   5. SPI and CPI Charts
   6. Causes of Variances
   7. Cost Variances
   8. Schedule Variances
   9. Variance Thresholds
   10. Root Cause Analysis
   11. Reporting Project Status
   12. Summary
9. Recognizing Trends and Forecasting Performance
   1. Recognizing Trends
   2. Using Trends to Forecast
   3. Estimate at Completion
   4. Estimate to Complete
   5. Variance at Completion
   6. To-Complete Performance Index
   7. Project Percentage Analysis
   8. Summary
10. Productivity
    1. Understanding Productivity
    2. Productivity Index
    3. Factors Affecting Construction Productivity
    4. Controllable Factors Affecting Productivity
    5. Uncontrollable Factors Affecting Productivity
    6. Recommendations for Improving Productivity
    7. Summary
11. Acceleration and Schedule Compression
    1. Acceleration
    2. Actual Acceleration
    3. Constructive Acceleration
    4. Forced Acceleration
    5. Schedule Compression
    6. Time-Cost Trade-Off Analysis
    7. Time-Cost Trade-Off Concepts
    8. Recovery Scheduled
    9. Summary
12. Resource Management
    1. Resources
    2. Resource Allocation
    3. Resource Management
    4. Resource Profile
    5. Splitting Tasks
    6. Material Management
    7. Material Management in Practice
    8. Summary
13. Risk Management
    1. Components of Risk Management
    2. Risk Identification
    3. Risk Assessment
    4. Risk Response Plan
    5. Risk Response Control
    6. Risk Contingency Planning
    7. Contingency Plan Funding
    8. Probability Analysis
    9. Contract Modifications and Impact on Risk
    10. Summary
14. Project Closeout
    1. Initiation of Project Closeout
    2. Objectives of the Closeout Process
    3. Contract Closeout
    4. Administrative Closeout
    5. Archiving Project Files
    6. Lessons Learned Meeting
    7. Lessons Learned Documentation
    8. Project Closeout Report
    9. Summary
    10. Appendix A Practice Review Questions
    11. Appendix B Answers to Practice Review Questions
    12. Index