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Introduction to the Challenge of Cost and Value Management in Projects | |
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Importance of Cost and Value Management in Projects | |
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Keys to Effective Project Cost Management | |
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Essential Features of Project Value Management | |
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Organization of the Book | |
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Project Needs Assessment, Concept Development, and Planning | |
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Needs Identification | |
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Conceptual Development | |
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The Statement of Work | |
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Project Planning | |
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Project Scope Definition | |
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Work Breakdown Structure | |
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Cost Estimation | |
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Importance of Cost Estimation | |
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Problems of Cost Estimation | |
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Sources and Categories of Project Costs | |
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Cost Estimating Methods | |
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Cost Estimation Process | |
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Allowances for Contingencies in Cost Estimation | |
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The Use of Learning Curves in Cost Estimation | |
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Project Budgeting | |
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Issues in Project Budgeting | |
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Developing a Project Budget | |
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Approaches to Developing a Project Budget | |
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Activity-based Costing | |
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Program Budgeting | |
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Developing a Project Contingency Budget | |
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Issues in Budget Development | |
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Crashing the Project: Budget Effects | |
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Crashing Project Activities-Decision Making | |
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Project Cost Control | |
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Overview of the Project Evaluation and Control System | |
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Integrating Cost and Time in Monitoring Project Performance: The S-Curve | |
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Earned Value Management | |
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Earned Value Management Model | |
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Fundamentals of Earned Value | |
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EVM Terminology | |
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Relevancy of Earned Value Management | |
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Conducting an Earned Value Analysis | |
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Performing an Earned Value Assessment | |
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Managing a Portfolio of Projects with Earned Value Management | |
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Important Issues in the Effective Use of Earned Value Management | |
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Cash Flow Management | |
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The Concept of Cash Flow | |
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Cash Flow and the Worth of Projects | |
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Payment Arrangements | |
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Financial Management in Projects | |
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Financing of Projects Versus Project Finance | |
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Principles of Financing Projects | |
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Types and Sources of Finance | |
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Sources of Finance | |
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Cost of Financing | |
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Project Finance | |
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The Process of Project Financial Management | |
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Value Management | |
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Concept of Value | |
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Dimensions and Measures of Value | |
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Overview of Value Management | |
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Value Management Terms | |
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Need for Value Management in Projects | |
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The Value Management Approach | |
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The VM Process | |
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Benefits of Value Management | |
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Other VM Requirements | |
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Value Management Reviews | |
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Relationship between Project Value and Risk | |
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Value Management as an Aid to Risk Assessment | |
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An Example of How VM and Risk Management Interrelate | |
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Change Control and Configuration Management | |
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Causes of Changes | |
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Influence of Changes | |
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Configuration Management | |
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Configuration Management Standards | |
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The CM Process | |
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Control of Changes | |
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Change Control Procedure and Configuration Control | |
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Responsibility for the Control of Changes | |
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Crisis Management | |
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An Example of Configuration Management | |
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Supply Chain Management | |
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What Is Supply Chain Management? | |
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The Need to Manage Supply Chains | |
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SCM Benefits | |
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Critical Areas of SCM | |
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SCM Issues in Project Management | |
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Value Drivers in Project Supply Chain Management | |
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Optimizing Value in Project Supply Chains | |
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Project Supply Chain Process Framework | |
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Integrating the Supply Chain | |
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Performance Metrics in Project Supply Chain Management | |
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Project Supply Chain Metrics and the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model | |
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Future Issues in Project Supply Chain Management | |
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Quality Management in Projects | |
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Definition of Quality in Projects | |
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Elements of Project Quality | |
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Total Quality Management (TQM) in Projects | |
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Quality Management Methods for a Project Organization | |
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Quality Standards for Projects | |
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Integrating Cost and Value in Projects | |
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The Project Value Chain | |
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Project Value Chain Analysis | |
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Sources and Strategies for Integrating Cost and Value in Projects | |
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Integrated Value and Risk Management | |
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The Project Cost and Value Integration Process | |
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Index | |