| Network Scheduling Techniques for Construction Project Management 1997 Edition Contributor(s): Hajdu, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0792343093 ISBN-13: 9780792343097 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: The book is a synthesis of the state-of-the-art in project management concepts and techniques. The author places particular emphasis on precedence diagramming (PDM), at present the most widely used scheduling method. New theoretical improvements of PDM are presented, several for the first time in a book, such as: maximal type of precedence relationships, calculating the minimal and maximal available project durations, leveling resources when maximal relationships are used, and precedence diagramming time-cost trade-off. Discussions of computer implementation are included throughout the book. A Pibased software package called ProjectDirector', containing the theoretical improvements described in the book, is available from the author.Audience: Researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students in civil engineering, industrial engineering and operations research, as well as practitioners, managers, and contractors interested in project management. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Project Management - Mathematics | Discrete Mathematics - Business & Economics | Production & Operations Management |
| Dewey: 658.404 |
| LCCN: 96037406 |
| Series: Nonconvex Optimization and Its Applications |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.65" W x 9.74" (1.60 lbs) 335 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Industrial, financial, commercial or any kinds of project have at least one common feature: the better organized they are, the higher the profit or the lower the cost. Project management is the principle of planning different projects and keeping them on track within time, cost and resource constraints. The need for effective project management is ever-increasing. The complexity of the environment we live in requires more sophisticated methods than it did just a couple of decades ago. Project managers might face insurmountable obstacles in their work if they do not adapt themselves to the changing circumstances. On the other hand, better knowledge of project management can result in better plans, schedules and, last but not least, more contracts and more profit. This knowledge can help individuals and firms to stay alive in this competitive market and, in the global sense, utilize the finite resources of our planet in a more efficient way. |