Synopsis
Now in its second edition, this comprehensive textbook discusses the fundamentals of project management in a student-friendly manner. It deals with topics such as project life cycle, project selection, feasibility study, and techniques such as PERT and CPM for project control. Various methods, such as Hiller model, sensitivity analysis and simulations, are described with hypothetical numerical examples to evaluate risk.
A new chapter on international aspects of project management has been added. Several new case studies have also been included. Most chapters have been updated with new figures and more practical problems.
Primarily designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students of management and engineering (industrial and civil engineering), the book will be also be useful to practicing professionals.
Key features:
- Includes algorithms for crashing and resource levelling.
- Provides a new method for determining marketing feasibility.
- Describes quantitative methodology for evaluating risk.
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Rajeev M. Gupta a Project Consultant, is a Visiting Faculty at various B-Schools—SGSITS, IMS, PIMR, and Jaipuria institute. Mr. Gupta has also worked as full time faculty at SGSITS, Indore and has overall more than twenty three years of teaching and professional experience, especially in the field of project and operation management. He is an expert member in the boards of studies at DOMS, SGSITS Indore. He has also delivered lectures at premium universities of Bangkok including Chulalongkorn University, Stamford University and Rangsit University
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Project Management
Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
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Soft cover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. Contents 1 Introduction 2 Project Life Cycle and Its Classification 3 Project Management Process and Project Selection 4 Technical Feasibility 5 Market Potential Analysis 6 Financial Projections 7 Project Financing 8 Financial Analysis 9 Risk Analysis in Single and Multiple Projects 10 Project Control through Networks 11 Probabilistic Models of Networks 12 Time-Cost Relationship and Resource Levelling 13 Economic and Social Cost Benefit Analysis 14 Human Aspects in Project Management 15 Project Information System and Monitoring Appendices Bibliography IndexThis comprehensive book discusses the fundamental aspects and phases of Project Management in a student-friendly manner It deals with topics such as project life cycle project selection feasibility study and explains the methods of financial projections and cash flows Various methods such as Hiller model sensitivity analysis and simulations are described with hypothetical numerical examples to evaluate risk Besides the book discusses different aspects and methods of social cost benefit analysis with examplesPrimarily designed for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of management the book should prove equally useful to the engineering students Besides practicing professionals will also find the book quite handyKEY FEATURES Provides a new method for determining marketing feasibility Includes new algorithms for crashing and resource levelling Gives a large number of solved and unsolved practical examples and cases for better understanding of the subject Describes quantitative methodology for evaluating risk. Seller Inventory # 99120