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| Introduction | |
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| The Nature of Schedule and Cost Control | |
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| What Is Schedule and Cost Control? | |
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| Why Do We Need Schedule and Cost Control? | |
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| The Project Life Cycle | |
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| Requirements Review | |
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| Schedule and Cost Control Documentation | |
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| Identifying and Developing Customer Requirements | |
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| Who Defines Requirements? | |
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| What Are Requirements and Why Do We Need Them? | |
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| Types of Requirements | |
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| Writing Requirements | |
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| The Statement of Work | |
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| Types of Statements of Work | |
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| Benefits of a Well-Written Statement of Work | |
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| The Statement of Work Format | |
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| Identifying Project Requirements | |
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| Determining Whether to Pursue a Project | |
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| Special Customer Conditions | |
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| Capturing All the Project Requirements | |
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| Cross-Referencing Requirements Matrix | |
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| Work Breakdown Structure and Baseline Development | |
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| Benefits and Uses of a Work Breakdown Structure | |
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| Assigning Task Responsibility | |
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| Project Costing | |
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| Work Breakdown Structure Models | |
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| Building a Work Breakdown Structure | |
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| Where Does the Work Breakdown Structure Originate? | |
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| Translating the Work Breakdown Structure into the Plan | |
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| The Baseline | |
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| Scheduling | |
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| Key Steps in Developing Schedules | |
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| Input to Activity Definition for Developing Schedules | |
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| Network Analysis | |
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| Interpreting and Using Network Diagrams | |
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| Network Diagram Development | |
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| Network Diagram Rules of Thumb | |
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| Network Diagram Types | |
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| Using Precedence Diagramming for Project Schedule Development | |
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| Techniques for Compressing the Schedule and Leveling Resources | |
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| Methods for Compressing the Schedule | |
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| Leveling Resources | |
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| Gantt and Milestone Charts | |
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| Cost Categories | |
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| Mistakes and Inadequacies of Project-Costing Processes | |
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| Cost Estimating Defined | |
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| Types of Costs and Cost Categories | |
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| Developing a Cost-Estimating Process | |
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| Estimating and Budget Determination | |
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| Resource Planning Fundamentals | |
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| Resource Management Considerations | |
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| Duration | |
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| Estimating | |
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| Types of Estimates | |
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| Estimating Recommendations | |
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| Estimating Tools and Techniques | |
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| Project Reserves | |
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| Program Evaluation and Review Technique | |
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| Standard Deviation in PERT Estimates | |
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| Finalizing the Estimates | |
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| Collecting Cost Data with the Integrated Work Breakdown Structure | |
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| Planning the Project | |
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| Why Plan? | |
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| Scope Planning | |
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| Schedule Planning | |
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| Calculating Productivity and Labor Availability | |
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| Gantt Chart | |
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| Milestone Charts | |
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| Estimating | |
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| Cost Estimating | |
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| Resource Planning | |
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| Risk Planning | |
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| Subsidiary Management Plans | |
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| The Project Plan | |
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| Project Management Planning Software | |
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| The Implementation Phase | |
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| Implementing the Project | |
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| Monitoring the Project | |
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| Data Collecting | |
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| Data Analysis | |
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| Information Reporting | |
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| Controlling the Project | |
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| Cost Variances | |
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| Schedule Variances | |
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| Scope Changes | |
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| Risk | |
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| Monitoring and Control | |
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| Understanding Evaluation and Control in Project Management | |
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| Controlling Schedule and Cost | |
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| What Is Earned Value Management? | |
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| Key Earned Value Terminology | |
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| Applying Earned Value: An Example | |
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| Earned Value Analysis: Formulas and Their Interpretation | |
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| Variance Indicators | |
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| Performance Indexes | |
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| Percent Complete and Percent Spent | |
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| Completion Estimates | |
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| Data Presentation | |
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| Estimating Percent Complete | |
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| Analyzing Variance | |
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| Status Reporting | |
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| Understanding the Project Change Process | |
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| What Is a Project Change Process? | |
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| Configuration Management | |
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| Critical Steps in Creating a Change Management Process | |
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| Manage Change | |
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| Understanding Project Change Control and Change Control Management | |
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| Basis of Control and Management | |
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| Why a Change Management Process Is Required | |
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| The Change Management Process | |
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| Successfully Closing the Project | |
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| How to Determine Project Completion | |
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| Evaluate the Project Plan to Determine Project Completion | |
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| Provide Concrete Measurements for Project Completion | |
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| Other Project Completion Activities | |
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| Exit Strategy Process | |
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| Celebrate Success | |
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| Administer Closeout | |