Project management for engineering design Charles Lessard, Joseph Lessard

By: Lessard, Charles [author]
Contributor(s): Lessard, Joseph
Publisher: San Rafael, California: Morgan and Claypool Publishers c2007Description: ix, 110 pages : illustrations; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781598294385Subject(s): Engineering design | Project managementDDC classification:
Contents:
Introduction to engineering design -- Teams -- Defining the project or problem -- Background -- Design phases -- Summary -- Project management overview -- Project management knowledge areas -- Project life cycles and project phases -- Product life cycles -- Organizational structures -- Project management job functions -- Project integration management -- Project plan development -- Project plan execution -- Project controlling process and change control -- Change control system -- Configuration management -- Need for top management commitment -- Project scope management -- Project scope management processes -- Selecting projects -- Weighted scoring model -- Project charters -- Work breakdown structure -- Approaches to developing work breakdown structures (WBSs) -- Personal and project time management -- Personal time management -- Work smarter, not harder -- Project time management -- Project time management processes -- Project network diagrams -- Precedence diagramming method (PDM) -- Estimation of activity times (duration) -- Schedule development -- Critical path method (CPM) -- Program evaluation and review technique (PERT) -- Project cost management -- Project cost management processes -- Resource planning -- Cost estimating -- Cost estimation techniques -- Problems in cost estimation -- Cost budgeting -- Guidelines for preparing budget -- Cost control -- Earned value analysis -- Work breakdown structure (WBS) -- Calculating earned value -- Earned value management system (EVMS) -- Tools and techniques -- Project quality management -- Project quality management processes -- Quality planning -- Quality assurance -- Quality control -- Improving project quality -- Cost of quality -- International organization for standardization -- Good manufacturing practice -- Project procurement management -- Project procurement management processes -- Procurement planning -- Solicitation planning -- Solicitation -- Source selection -- Contract administration -- Contract closeout -- Project human resource management -- Managing people -- Improving effectiveness: Covey's seven habits -- Summary -- Project communications management -- Project communications management processes -- Communications planning -- Information distribution -- Span of control -- Performance reporting -- Project risk management -- Project risk management -- Types of project risks -- Risk quantification -- Risk responses -- Causes of risk -- Risk management plans -- Risk response control -- Summary -- Project closeout -- Closing processes and outputs -- Outcomes assessment meeting -- Outcomes assessment report -- Transition planning -- Project documents to be archived -- Critical success factors -- Summary -- Project design reviews -- Prelude to conducting a design review meeting -- Entry criteria for design review -- Conducting the design review -- Design review output -- Exit criteria -- Making technical decisions -- Group decision-making process -- U.S. navy executive decision-making framework -- Decision matrix or utility function -- Factor weights -- Grading scale -- Summary -- Management of team conflict -- Giving feedback -- Conflict resolution methods.
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Introduction to engineering design --
Teams --
Defining the project or problem --
Background --
Design phases --
Summary --
Project management overview --
Project management knowledge areas --
Project life cycles and project phases --
Product life cycles --
Organizational structures --
Project management job functions --
Project integration management --
Project plan development --
Project plan execution --
Project controlling process and change control --
Change control system --
Configuration management --
Need for top management commitment --
Project scope management --
Project scope management processes --
Selecting projects --
Weighted scoring model --
Project charters --
Work breakdown structure --
Approaches to developing work breakdown structures (WBSs) --
Personal and project time management --
Personal time management --
Work smarter, not harder --
Project time management --
Project time management processes --
Project network diagrams --
Precedence diagramming method (PDM) --
Estimation of activity times (duration) --
Schedule development --
Critical path method (CPM) --
Program evaluation and review technique (PERT) --
Project cost management --
Project cost management processes --
Resource planning --
Cost estimating --
Cost estimation techniques --
Problems in cost estimation --
Cost budgeting --
Guidelines for preparing budget --
Cost control --
Earned value analysis --
Work breakdown structure (WBS) --
Calculating earned value --
Earned value management system (EVMS) --
Tools and techniques --
Project quality management --
Project quality management processes --
Quality planning --
Quality assurance --
Quality control --
Improving project quality --
Cost of quality --
International organization for standardization --
Good manufacturing practice --
Project procurement management --
Project procurement management processes --
Procurement planning --
Solicitation planning --
Solicitation --
Source selection --
Contract administration --
Contract closeout --
Project human resource management --
Managing people --
Improving effectiveness: Covey's seven habits --
Summary --
Project communications management --
Project communications management processes --
Communications planning --
Information distribution --
Span of control --
Performance reporting --
Project risk management --
Project risk management --
Types of project risks --
Risk quantification --
Risk responses --
Causes of risk --
Risk management plans --
Risk response control --
Summary --
Project closeout --
Closing processes and outputs --
Outcomes assessment meeting --
Outcomes assessment report --
Transition planning --
Project documents to be archived --
Critical success factors --
Summary --
Project design reviews --
Prelude to conducting a design review meeting --
Entry criteria for design review --
Conducting the design review --
Design review output --
Exit criteria --
Making technical decisions --
Group decision-making process --
U.S. navy executive decision-making framework --
Decision matrix or utility function --
Factor weights --
Grading scale --
Summary --
Management of team conflict --
Giving feedback --
Conflict resolution methods.

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