Drawing on his own extensive experience, Jones provides rules of thumb essential for the new engineer in industry. Covering responsibilities such as project management, installation of new facilities and implementation of contracts, this book offers a wealth of experience and knowledge, helping newer process engineers to find a foothold in their chosen industry. Meer
Aiming to bridge the gap between the quantitative viewpoint of management science and the practical, day-to-day needs of project cost management, this text offers coverage of an integrated cost management programme. Meer
Project Management covers the full range of issues of vital concern to IT managers working in today's hurry-up, budget-conscious business environment. Meer
Managing Risks in Projects presents the latest skills, techniques, knowledge and experience of managing risks in projects from the leading worldwide experts. Meer
Our objectives in writing Project Scheduling: A Research Handbook are threefold: (1) Provide a unified scheme for classifying the numerous project scheduling problems occurring in practice and studied in the literature; (2) Provide a unified and up-to-date treatment of the state-of-the-art procedures developed for their solution; (3) Alert the reader to various important problems that are still in need of considerable research effort. Meer
Unique among construction project management textbooks, Management of Construction Projects, 3rd edition, takes the constructor’s perspective, carefully analyzing a complex, real-world construction case study to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and techniques students require to become successful project managers. Meer
This text describes global best practices, competencies, and standards of superior project organizations based on research conducted by the Top 500 Project Management Forum. Meer
The innovation process is the most important of all business processes. Innovation is the means by which value is constructed and efficiencies are created. Meer
Compiling practical recommendations gleaned from more than 20 years of professional experience, Target Costing: Market Driven Product Design provides numerous examples from field authorities that illustrate valuable concepts and approaches employed in the application of target costing to large-scale manufacturing operations. Meer
Competition within the telecommunications companies is growing fiercer by the day. Therefore, it is vital to ensure a high level of quality and reliability within all telecommunications systems in order to guard against faults and the failure of components and network services. Meer
This handbook provides a clear explanation of the commercial, contractual and statutory aspects of a capital project in the process industries from feasability studies, through commissioning/contract; to construction operation. Meer
Highlights advantages, disadvantages, and future trends of computerization to project control activity. Stresses identification of when computerization is needed and explores how to convert. Meer
Reviews basic principles and presents techniques for evaluating and making decisions about investments and the acquisition of capital projects in industry and the private sector. Meer
Presents the latest advances and research regarding strategic initiatives for portfolio and program management. Highlighting multidisciplinary studies on value creation, portfolio governance and communication, and integrated circular models, this publication is an ideal reference source for professionals, researchers, business managers, consultants, and students. Meer
With project management becoming an increasingly global endeavour, a comprehensive and international student text that reflects this reality such as this one is essential. Meer
Project scheduling problems are, generally speaking, the problems of allocating scarce resources over time to perform a given set of activities. The resources are nothing other than the arbitrary means which activities complete for. Meer
Getting Web projects done right and delivered on time is all about efficiency. Putting the information you need and tools you can rely on at your ready disposal—Managing Web Projects—is a complete guide for project managers in the Internetworking industry. Meer