Project Planning and Control

Albert Lester is a Chartered Civil, Mechanical and Structural Engineer with a lifetime of experience in project management for engineering design and construction projects. He has managed large projects for Tarmac, Sim Chem (Simon Engineering), Senior Engineering and Foster Wheeler Power Products and has accredited many project management courses for the Association for Project Management (APM), as well as setting and marking APM exams. He has taught and lectured widely on the topic at a number of universities including University College London (UCL), was a member of BSI and ISO panels developing new project management standards and acted as adjudicator and expert witness in many industrial and construction disputes.

Preface to the fourth edition.
Preface to the third edition.
Preface to the second edition.
Preface to the first edition.
Foreword to the first edition.
Acknowledgements.

Project definition.
Business case.
Organization structures.
Project life cycles.
Work breakdown structures (WBS).
Estimating.
Project management plan.
Risk management.
Quality management.
Change and configuration management.
Basic network principles.
Precedence or activity on node (AoN) diagrams.
Lester diagram.
Float.
Arithmetical analysis.
Graphical analysis, milestones and LoB.
Computer analysis.
Simple examples.
Progress reporting.
The case for manual analysis.
Subdivision of blocks.
Project management and planning.
Network applications outside the construction industry.
Networks and claims.
Resource loading.
Cash flow forecasting.
Cost control and EVA.
Worked examples.
Example of integration of tools and techniques.
Hornet Windmill.
MS Project 98.
Project close-out.
Stages and sequence.
Abbreviations and acronyms used in project management.

Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.