El. knyga: Network Scheduling Techniques for Construction Project Management

Presents a synthesis of the state of the art in project management concepts and techniques, with emphasis on the precedence diagramming method (PDM), a widely used scheduling method. Describes new theoretical improvements of PDM, such as maximal type of precedence relationships and calculating the minimal and maximal project durations, and discusses computer implementation. A PC-based software package is available. For undergraduate and graduate students in civil and industrial engineering and operations research, as well as researchers, practitioners, managers, and contractors. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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.