Integrated Cost and Schedule Control in Project Management

Integrated Cost and Schedule Control for Project Management provides easy-to-understand explanations about the tasks and techniques that accompany this sometimes daunting practice. New and experienced project managers will benefit from this straightforward guide, where they will learn to: Perform requirements analysis and develop a deliverable breakdown; Identify work packages and develop a work breakdown structure (WBS); Negotiate project scope based on limited budget and/or resources; Establish an integrated cost/schedule performance measurement baseline; Establish a change management process; Apply earned value analysis techniques to identify project issues; Establish project control charts with status indicators; Take proactive corrective action to keep the project in control. You’ll also benefit from extensive examples and case studies that illustrate integrated cost and schedule control techniques — making it easy for you to apply them to your own projects! Contents: Introduction to Project Management and the Integrated Process · The Integrated Process · Defining the Scope · Estimating the Cost and Duration of Work Packages · Balancing the Scope to the Budget · Understanding the Workflow and How Work Packages Relate · Building a Network Schedule · Analyzing and Adjusting the Schedule · Analyzing Schedule Risk · Readdressing the Scope to Balance the Triple Constraint · Establishing a Performance Measurement Baseline · Performing Earned Value Analysis · The Closeout Process · Analyzing the Cost and Schedule Metrics of Deliverables · Archiving Cost and Schedule Data for Continuous Process Improvement