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Tài liệu PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SECTOR – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY docx

Tài liệu PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC SECTOR – AN EMPIRICAL STUDY docx

Ngày tải lên : 18/02/2014, 07:20
... institutions. In their study White & Fortune (2002) examined the current project management practice in public sector in UK by collecting data from 236 project managers in some public institutions. ... the phases of the project life cycle”. It is also regarded as a system or process of planning, designing, scheduling, managing and controlling interconnected project activities in order to achieve ... project management concepts and methods will help in avoiding project failure, continuous communication and the definition of project control system. They however stated that, project management...
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John Wiley and Sons - The Portable MBA in Project Management

John Wiley and Sons - The Portable MBA in Project Management

Ngày tải lên : 07/02/2013, 09:32
... project management training and consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington. His company trains thousands of professionals every year in the proven principles of project man- agement including ... why project management is a strategic ca- pability and what firms are doing to leverage project management techniques. THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT DISCIPLINE The basis of understanding project management ... FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT Modern project management has been in use since the early 1950s, yet it experienced explosive growth during the 1990s. Firms in every sector of the economy, including nonprofit...
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MBA.in.Project.Management.2nd

MBA.in.Project.Management.2nd

Ngày tải lên : 07/02/2013, 09:32
... Understanding Project Management 6 Downloadable Forms for Project Management 6 Project Management: Art Informed by Science 7 Project Management Magnifies Other Strengths 9 End Point 10 CHAPTER 2—THE PROJECT ... contain multiple projects and that each one needs to be managed as a complete project is one of the keys to success in project management. ORGANIZING FOR PROJECTS Certain firms perform nothing ... Genuine ! vii CONTENTS PREFACE xiii PART 1 INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1 PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN A CHANGING WORLD 2 Introduction 2 Project Management Is the New Critical Career Skill 3 The Increasing...
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Project Management for Construction Chapter 1

Project Management for Construction Chapter 1

Ngày tải lên : 24/10/2013, 08:15
... joint ventures among design, construction and investment firms are sometimes referred to as financial engineering. This type of joint venture has become more important in the international construction ... design are often innovative in planning and management since both types of activities involve problem solving. In fact, they can reinforce each other if both are included in the education process, ... by traditional firms. Of course, U.S. firms including A/E firms, contractors and construction managers are also competing in foreign countries. Their success or failure in the international...
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Project Management for Construction Chapter 2

Project Management for Construction Chapter 2

Ngày tải lên : 24/10/2013, 08:15
... accomplished. According to the Project Management Institute, the discipline of project management can be defined as follows: [1] Project management is the art of directing and coordinating human and ... Organizing for Project Management 2.1 What is Project Management? The management of construction projects requires knowledge of modern management as well as an understanding of the design and construction ... participants. The Project Management Institute focuses on nine distinct areas requiring project manager knowledge and attention: 1. Project integration management to ensure that the various project elements...
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Project Management for Construction Chapter 3

Project Management for Construction Chapter 3

Ngày tải lên : 28/10/2013, 15:15
... parties in the project to understand what is needed and to work towards meeting those needs. Example 3-14: The Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI) for Building Projects The Construction Industry ... shown in Figure 3-11 was in excess of $ 4 million in 1978. 3.9 Value Engineering Value engineering may be broadly defined as an organized approach in identifying unnecessary costs in design ... Building Rating System is intended to promote voluntary improvements in design and construction practices. In the rating system, buildings receive points for a variety of aspects, including...
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Project Management for Construction Chapter 4

Project Management for Construction Chapter 4

Ngày tải lên : 28/10/2013, 15:15
... project with the introduction of improved inventory management, representing a savings of $ 92,000. Interest charges for inventory also declined, with one project reporting a cash flow savings ... materials management. Against these various benefits, the costs of acquiring and maintaining a materials management system has to be compared. However, management studies suggest that investment in ... reductions in waiting time and the maximum queue length. Such increases might be obtained by speeding up the service rate such as introducing shorter inspection procedures or installing faster...
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Project Management for Construction Chapter 5

Project Management for Construction Chapter 5

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2013, 09:15
... reflect the price changes of construction output including all pertinent factors in the construction process. The building construction output indices compiled by Turner Construction Company and ... Department of Labor. In addition, the construction cost index and the building cost index are reported periodically in the Engineering News-Record (ENR). Both ENR cost indices measure the effects ... following basis: 1. The installation cost for equipment was based on linear interpolation from Table 5-12, and adjusted for inflation for the intervening four years. We expect inflation in the...
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Tài liệu Project Management for Construction Chapter 6 pdf

Tài liệu Project Management for Construction Chapter 6 pdf

Ngày tải lên : 14/12/2013, 12:15
... the operating and financing processes. Financing alternatives are sometimes not examined at all since a single mechanism is universally adopted. An example of a single financing plan in the public ... financial analysis is increasing with the increase of private ownership and private participation in the financing of public projects. The availability of a broad spectrum of new financing instruments ... economic or operating cash flow (assuming equity financing) and the financial cash flow over the planning horizon. Back to top 6.11 Combined Effects of Operating and Financing Cash Flows A...
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Tài liệu Project Management for Construction Chapter 7 doc

Tài liệu Project Management for Construction Chapter 7 doc

Ngày tải lên : 14/12/2013, 12:15
... security interests, different currency denominations, and, of course, different interest rates. Grouping projects together for financing influences the type of financing that might be obtained. ... the combined cash flow discounted at 15% is $27,679 as shown in Table 7-7. Hence, the project including the financing charges is worthwhile. TABLE 7-7 Evaluation of Facility Financing Using Overdraft ... financing plans, with occasional references to the combined effects of operating and financing cash flows. In all discussions, we shall present various financing schemes with examples limiting...
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Management issues in mth vietnam – bac giang drainage and sanitation project

Management issues in mth vietnam – bac giang drainage and sanitation project

Ngày tải lên : 09/01/2014, 13:39
... who reports to project manager or deputy project manger. The management of the company including the 4 issues: planning, organizing, leading and controlling is as followed:  Planning The contractor ... Vietnamese side includes Project Management Unit (representing Investor), Consultant (responsible for supervising the project) and sub contractors (responsible for carrying out each construction ... achieve building and construction visions by systematizing and combining knowledge and craftsmanship. The company acts according to its six values: Customer-minded; Value-adding; Innovative;...
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Tài liệu Getting Started in Project Management docx

Tài liệu Getting Started in Project Management docx

Ngày tải lên : 18/01/2014, 06:20
... a project management training and consulting company with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are also the authors of the Project Management Memory Jogger™, a best-selling pocket guide to project ... within the project management process. These four phases are done in sequence, starting with initia- tion and ending with close out. Initiation The first phase, initiation, begins after the project ... project management, and columnists for the Project Management In- stitute’s magazine, PM Network. MartinTate is the leading provider of team-based, project manage- ment training. Their clients include...
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Tài liệu Project Management for Construction Chapter 14 doc

Tài liệu Project Management for Construction Chapter 14 doc

Ngày tải lên : 21/01/2014, 06:20
... Aided Engineering in the Construction Industry (Reprinted with permission from from Y. Ohaski and M. Mukimo, "Computer-Aided Engineering in the Construction Industry," Engineering with ... Example 14-7: Final Cost Estimation, Scheduling and Monitoring Many firms maintain essentially independent systems for final cost estimation and project activity scheduling and monitoring. As a ... would be appropriate for maintaining activity scheduling information during project monitoring. Be explicit about what relations would be defined, the attributes in each relation, and allowable...
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Tài liệu Best Practices in Project Management pptx

Tài liệu Best Practices in Project Management pptx

Ngày tải lên : 18/02/2014, 07:20
... of practicing project management at a global level. Best practices in project management, if followed, increase the chances of success in achieving goals when dealing with projects. In this ... resource is spent reinventing the wheel (Ford, 2008, pp. 31). Best practices in project management bring the benefit of saving time and money in dealing with projects, goals that all project based ... techniques to project activities. Project management is accomplished through the application and integration of the project management processes of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and...
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Tài liệu PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE CASE STUDIES IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT: THE CHUNNEL PROJECT ppt

Tài liệu PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE CASE STUDIES IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT: THE CHUNNEL PROJECT ppt

Ngày tải lên : 18/02/2014, 10:20
... Groups into nine Knowledge Areas. These areas are: Project Integration Management, Project Scope Management, Project Time Management, Project Cost Management, Project Quality Management, Project ... Management, Project Communications Management, Project Risk Management, and Project Procurement Management (Project Management Institute, 2004, pp. 9–10). In this case study, the Project Management ... approach, preliminary engineering, and preliminary design. It covers project organizing, planning, scheduling, estimating, and budgeting. It addresses development of plans for various project parameters,...
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