Engineering Project Management
A Hands-On Guide for Successful Engineering Projects
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About this book
An engineering-focused approach to project management techniques and strategies
Engineering projects are vital for modern society and global human survival, but many engineering projects fail, in large part due to poor and/or ineffective management. These failures have led to a desire to identify those techniques and mindsets that can lead consistently to successful engineering projects.
The first edition of this book, Engineering Project Management, has served as the essential overview to engineering-based project management methods, tools, processes, and mind-sets. Offering a practical, step-by-step guide to applying project management techniques in engineering settings, it draws upon active learning approaches and the author's extensive experience to create a thorough and cutting-edge guide. This second edition is now updated to reflect transformative recent developments in both technology and project management, and remains an indispensable tool for project managers and engineers alike.
Readers of this second edition of Engineering Project Management will also find:
- Updated coverage of the social aspects of project management, along with other soft skills, throughout the volume
- Detailed discussion of topics including project life-cycle, identification and management of stakeholders, cost estimation, schedule estimation, monitoring of your project, engineering economics, engineering ethics, and many more
- A structure that aligns perfectly with a single-semester course, alternating lectures with facilitated lab sessions
Engineering Project Management is ideal for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and instructors in courses in Engineering Project Management, as well as professional engineers and early career practitioners who need to brush up on their project management skills.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- About the Companion Website
- Introduction
- 1 The Role and the Challenge
- 2 Performing Engineering on Projects (Initial Portion)
- 3 Performing Engineering on Projects (Concluding Portion)
- 4 Understanding Your Users and Your Other Stakeholders
- 5 How Do Engineering Projects Get Created?
- 6 Organizing and Planning
- 7 Creating Credible Predictions for Schedule and Cost: The Activity Network
- 8 Drawing Valid Conclusions from Numbers
- 9 Risk and Opportunity Management
- 10 Monitoring the Progress of Your Project (Initial Portion)
- 11 Monitoring the Progress of Your Project (Concluding Portion)
- 12 Four Special Topics
- 13 The Social Aspects of Engineering Project Management
- 14 Achieving Quality
- 15 Applying Our Ideas in the Real World, Ethics in Engineering
- Index
- End User License Agreement