Managing Project Integration / Cioffi, Denis.
Apply today's best practices for managing information, processes and people to maximize success within the constraints of project cost, scope and schedule. Benefit from the most effective real-world methods and new tools, such as resource breakdown structures and new treatment of optimum durati...
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers,
2002.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; Table of Contents; Preface; CHAPTER 1 Introduction to the Calculus of Integration; Historical Overview; A Specific Yet General Concept; Project Management As Integration Management; CHAPTER 2 Integration through Shared Information; Data, Information, and Knowledge; Integration within a Project, a Program, a Company; Three Possible Paths to Integration; What Makes a Project Large?; Presenting Information; CHAPTER 3 Project Plan Development; Pre-Project: The Resource Breakdown Structure; Initial Focus on Integrating Resources, Costs, and Schedule.
- Integration Begins at Project ConceptionA Communications Plan As a Key Integration Tool; Deliverable Milestones; A Deliverable WBS Anchors Integration; The Minimum Effort and the Optimum Duration; A Bottom-Up Integration: Map the DWBS onto the RBS; Managing a Network of Elements; A Schedule from the DWBS and the Network Diagram; Planning for Monitoring, Evaluation, and Control; Understanding Good Measurements; Implementing the Cycle; Audits; The Early Audit Catches the Worm; A New Type of Audit?; The Contract As an Integrating Mechanism; CHAPTER 4 Execution and Closeout; Earned-Value Analysis.
- Understanding Earned Value: Evolving the Notation Beyond PMBOK®Possibilities in Predictions; The Example of the Widgets; Project Closeout and a Global Transition to EVM; CHAPTER 5 Integrating Personnel and Other Interested Parties; â#x80;#x9C;Universals of Cultureâ#x80;#x9D;; The Project Team; Encouraging Diverse Teams and Healthy Organizations; Possible Problems; Soften Interfaces; CHAPTER 6 Integration and Integrity; Integrity: A Foundation for Integration; Honesty and Professional Responsibility; Sharing Information Means Sharing Power; Integration and Project Success; Bibliography and Notes; Index.