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Woolf, Murray. Faster Construction Projects with CPM Scheduling. US: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2007.

Faster Construction Projects with CPM Scheduling

Authors: Murray Woolf

Published:  March 2007

eISBN: 9780071509220 0071509224 | ISBN: 9780071486606
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  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Keeping Your Eye on the Donut
  • 1 The Allure of the Project Schedule
  • The Success of a Project Schedule Depends on Many Factors
  • The Automated Project Schedule Offers These Strengths
  • 2 Understanding the Scheduling Theater
  • The Stage: The Environment in Which Construction Takes Place
  • The Actors and Audience: Understanding Their Roles and Characters
  • The Script: The Project Schedule's Many Uses
  • 3 Why Our Schedules Disappoint Our Customers
  • Customer Dissatisfaction Reason #1: The Terminology Quagmire
  • Customer Dissatisfaction Reason #2: Not Serving Our Customer
  • Customer Dissatisfaction Reason #3: Outdated Products and Services
  • 4 The Changing Style of Project Management
  • Project Management Paradigm Shift
  • Characteristics of Project Management Paradigm Shift
  • Implications for Modified Scheduling Methods
  • Part 2 Creating a Penchant for Change
  • 5 The New Scheduling Practice Paradigm: Specializations, Positions, Deliverables, and Roles
  • Describing the Quagmire
  • We Can't Fix What We Don't Acknowledge
  • What Is Planning?
  • What Is Scheduling?
  • Defining the Scheduling Practice
  • 6 Introduction to Dilemma Control
  • Risk Management and Its Distinguishing Characteristics
  • Dilemma Control, a New Project Management Methodology
  • 7 Introduction to Momentology
  • Brief History of Momentology
  • Overview of Momentum Theory
  • Overview of Momentum Science
  • Momentum Science, a New Set of Performance Measures
  • Overview of Applied Momentum
  • Final Thoughts on Momentology
  • 8 Recap of New Concepts and Terminology
  • Before We Go Any Further
  • The New Scheduling Practice Paradigm
  • Dilemma Control
  • Momentology
  • Momentum Theory
  • Momentum Science
  • Applied Momentum
  • 9 Scheduling Practice and Faster Projects
  • Commitment Planning
  • Execution Scheduling
  • Performance Control
  • Part 3 Preserving Project Schedule Integrity
  • 10 Anatomy of a Schedule
  • Anatomy of an Activity
  • Anatomy of a Relationship
  • The ADM-PDM Battleground
  • 11 Working at Cross-Purposes
  • Harmful Scheduling Practices
  • Competing Project Controls
  • The Benefits and Limitations of Earned Value Management System (EVMS)
  • The Benefits and Limitations of Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
  • Flawed Definitions
  • Part 4 Execution Scheduling and Performance Control
  • 12 Concerning Schedule Design
  • Purpose and Overall Process of Schedule Design
  • Schedule Design Summit
  • Special Considerations
  • 13 Concerning Schedule Development
  • Work Breakdown Structure
  • Logic Development Session
  • 14 Schedule Components
  • Elemental Components of the Execution Schedule
  • Powerful Software Settings
  • Automated Schedule Calendars
  • Weather
  • Priority-Emphasis Alignment
  • Date-Constraints
  • All About Float
  • 15 Performance Recording
  • Performance Recording Issues
  • Schedule Revisions
  • Schedule Performance Analysis
  • 16 Performance Control
  • Performance Control, the Ultimate Objective
  • Using the Project Schedule to Understand
  • Using the Schedule to Communicate
  • The Element of Surprise
  • Part 5 Epilogue
  • 17 Creating Schedules They'll Actually Want to Use!
  • Top Ten Techniques for Sabotaging Your Scheduling Efforts
  • Chapter-by-Chapter Summary of the Book's Essential Comments
  • Glossary
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • H
  • I
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
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  • W
  • Index