This fifth edition provides a comprehensive resource for project managers. It describes the latest project management systems that use critical path methods.

This systems approach to project management aims to develop the reader's professional skills and thinking in the planning and control component of project work.

Project management can be defined as a way of developing structure into a complex situation. Effective planning and control of projects requires a panoramic view and logical thinking. This text provides an overview of the subject.

Since the second edition of Project Planning & Control in 1991, major changes have taken place in the way managers approach the problems of planning and control of engineering and industrial projects. This Third Edition of Project Planning and Control describes the latest project management systems that use critical path methods. A detailed examination of one widely used system illustrates the general characteristics of modern project planning software. Descriptions of Microsoft Project and the Hornet Project Management System are also featured, as well as a discussion of the importance of integrating Network Analysis with Earned Value Analysis (EVA), giving real life examples. Reviews of previous editions: "It is an extremely well written and illustrated book that is easy to read. It will be bought and used by a wide range of engineers from students to the qualified, and by a wide range of professions." - Engineering World "An excellent book written with wit and clarity, it should be read eagerly by the managing director as well as the engineering trainee" - The Engineer "Most welcome to students and managers who seek a better understanding of the subject and to sharpen their performance" - The Cost Engineer

This is the most complete guide to all the principles and techniques you need to successfully schedule projects and control their costs. Not a broad project management guide, it offers focused coverage of every essential aspect of scheduling and cost control -- including key issues ignored by typical PM guides. Expert project manager and long-time instructor Randal Wilson makes scheduling and cost control intuitive through the extensive use of graphs, charts, and case studies, and provides all the formulas and worked examples you need to succeed. Writing for both newcomers and working project managers, Wilson covers all this, and more: Project structures, including differences between projects and programs, and how those differences affect costing and scheduling Initiation: how projects start, how to develop project charters and stakeholder registers, and how to manage stakeholders Planning, in depth: what costs must be addressed, and what schedule constraints must be considered Project schedule analysis: activity definition, WBS, and work packages; activity sequencing and diagramming; proven methodologies for estimating resources and activity durations; and schedule development Project cost analysis: gathering and estimating all project costs, including labor, materials, vendor bids, subcontractors, contracts, equipment, facilities, and direct/indirect costs. Budgeting via top-down, bottom-up, and activity-based methods Project monitoring and control: earned value, tracking Gantt, S-Curves, performance reviews, milestone analysis, change control systems, estimate at completion, forecasting, and much more.

Completely rewritten book introducing quantitative analysis techniques for complex construction projects. Discusses and explains the need for analytic tools, and then demonstrates their use in planning and control of projects. Applies a systems approach to project planning and control, and describes the methodology step-by-step. Describes the use of computers in project planning and control.