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Charles Lessard, Joseph Lessard [electronic resource]

1st ed

Morgan & Claypool Publishers San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth Street, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA)

c2007

1 electronic text (ix, 110 p. : ill.) : digital file

Synthesis lectures on engineering 1939-523X #2

Part of: Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science , Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on October 14, 2008) , Series from website , Includes bibliographical references , 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. , Mode of access: World Wide Web , System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader

AU Lessard, Joseph (Joseph P.) , SE Synthesis lectures on engineering (Online) #2

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