Manual on Project Management (Hardcover)  | Released: 2002

A Manual on Project Management, as a textbook, deals with application of Project Implementing Techniques and highlights their importance to the realm of Successful Project Management Science. The book depicts the grasp of financial and strategic consideration; some of its specialised chapters particularly those on discounting methods including NPV and DCP will be invaluable tools to the Project Manager and to the management at large, at any level. The complexity of modern business and industrial environment demands the fullest possible use of Project Management Technique. The book, in the present form, is expected to be most useful to the students in the technical colleges to sharpen their skills to enhance their roles effectively in pursuit of their chosen profession. It also has a great potential of being a reference book at the technical libraries of universities and technical colleges across the country, where this subject is taught as a part of their curriculum. Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Project Management An Overview 3. What is Project Management? 4. The Need for Project Management 5. The Project Manager and His Place in the Organization 6. Defining the Project 7. Getting Down to Business 8. Quality and Reliability 9. Product Cost 10. Meetings, Communication and Presentation of Information 11. Project Control 12. Subcontractors 13. Programme Evaluation and Review Techniques (PERT) 14. Value for Money 15. The Contract 16. The Financial Evaluation 17. Project Choice 18. More about PERT Technique 19. The Price of Capital 20. Successful Project Management : The Golden Rules