Mastering Project Time Management, Cost Control, and Quality Management gives managers powerful insights and tools for addressing the "Triple Constraints" that define virtually every project: time, cost, and quality.   This book is part of a new series of seven cutting-edge project management guides for both working practitioners and students. Like all books in this series, it offers deep practical insight into the successful design, management, and control of complex modern projects. Using real case studies and proven applications, expert authors show how multiple functions and disciplines can and must be integrated to achieve a successful outcome.   Individually, these books focus on realistic, actionable solutions, not theory. Together, they provide comprehensive guidance for working project managers at all levels, including highly-complex enterprise environments. These books also provide indispensable knowledge for anyone pursuing PMI/PMBOK or PRINCE2 certification, or other accreditation in the field.

Table of Contents:
Introduction   1 The Triple Constraint   2 Managing Change Requirements   4 Managing Time, Cost, and Quality   7 Managing Project and Product Scope   7 Time Management   8 Cost Management   9 Quality Management   9 What Does the Customer Really Want?   10 Part I:  Project Time Management   13 Chapter 1  Planning Schedule Management   15 1.1 Introduction   15 1.2 Tools for Schedule Management Planning   16 Minimum Requirements   17 Plan Structures   18 Project Management Office (PMO)   23 1.3 Information Gathering for the Schedule Management Plan   24 Project Charter   24 Project Manager’s Experience   25 Organizational Past Projects   26 Subject Matter Experts   27 1.4 Schedule Management Plan Applications   28 Tactical Tool for Project Managers   28 Communications Tool for the Project Staff   29 Strategic Tool for the Organization   30 1.5 Summary   31 1.6 Review Questions   33 1.7 Key Terms   34 1.8 PMBOK Connections (Fifth Edition)   35 1.9 Case Study (Use for Part I, Chapters 1–7)   35 RE Construction—Custom Pebble Beach Home   35 1.10 Case Study Questions and Exercise   37 Questions   37 Exercise   38 Chapter 2  Project Activity Requirements   39 2.1 Introduction   39 2.2 Information-Gathering Guidelines   40 What Information Is to Be Gathered?   41 Who Is Gathering Information?   42 Reliability of Information   44 Information Accuracy   49 Information Sources   50 2.3 Activity Information Based on Project Structure   51 Linear (Traditional Sequential Process Development)   52 Incremental (Traditional Progressive Stage Development)   53 Iterative (Features Addition Development, Waterfall, Agile)   55 Adaptive (Learn and Build Development, Agile)   58 Extreme (Exploratory Development)   59 2.4 Define Activities   62 Project Deliverable Decomposition   63 Define Activity Requirements   65 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)   68 2.5 Summary   71 2.6 Review Questions   72 2.7 Key Terms   73 2.8 PMBOK Connections (Fifth Edition)   73 2.9 Case Study Questions and Exercises (Use Case Study from Chapter 1)   74 Questions   74 Exercises   74 Chapter 3  Project Activity Sequencing   75 3.1 Introduction   75 3.2 Work Activity Definition   77 Conceptual Planning   77 Project Development   80 Testing and Validation   80 Reactive and Proactive Response   82 Customer/Project Team Evaluation   84 Project Closure   85 3.3 Work Activity Dependencies   87 Activity Information   88 Dependency Determination   94 3.4 Work Activity Sequencing Tools   96 Precedence Diagramming Method   97 3.5 Summary   108 3.6 Review Questions   109 3.7 Key Terms   110 3.8 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   111 3.9 Case Study Questions and Exercises (Use Case Study from Chapter 1)   111 Questions   111 Exercises   111 Chapter 4  Resource Estimating   113 4.1 Introduction   113 4.2 Types of Resources   116 Direct and Indirect Resources   117 Project Resources   118 Contracted Resources   121 4.3 Resource Requirements   122 Organizational Resources   123 Project Resources   124 4.4 Resource Estimating Methods   128 Determinate Estimating   128 Alternatives Analysis   129 Delphi Method   129 Published Data Estimating   129 Resource Leveling   130 4.5 Resource Estimating by Project Structure   132 Linear and Incremental   132 Iterative and Adaptive   133 Extreme   134 4.6 Summary   135 4.7 Review Questions   136 4.8 Key Terms   137 4.9 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   137 4.10 Case Study Questions and Exercise (Use Case Study from Chapter 1)   138 Questions   138 Exercise   138 Chapter 5  Project Activity Duration Analysis   139 5.1 Introduction   139 5.2 Duration Estimating Methods   140 Subject Matter Expert Estimating (Delphi)   140 Analogous Estimating   142 Parametric Estimating   143 Three-Point Estimating   144 Contingency Estimating (Reserve Analysis)   147 5.3 Summary   149 5.4 Review Questions   150 5.5 Key Terms   150 5.6 PMBOK Connections (Fifth Edition)   151 5.7 Case Study Questions and Exercise (Use Case Study from Chapter 1)   151 Questions   151 Exercise   151 Chapter 6  Develop the Project Schedule   153 6.1 Introduction   153 6.2 Information for Schedule Development   154 Project Charter   155 Project Deliverable Specifications   155 Work Breakdown Structure   156 Activity Information Checklist   156 Project Scope Statement   157 Organizational Influences   157 Customer Scheduling Requirements   159 External Factors   160 6.3 Schedule Structuring Techniques   161 Activity Disposition   162 Activity Hierarchy   163 Critical Path Method   164 Theory of Constraints   166 Critical Chain Method   167 Resource Loading   169 Scenario Analysis   171 6.4 Schedule Documentation Tools   173 Software Tools   173 Schedule Management   175 Schedule Communication   176 6.5 Summary   177 6.6 Review Questions   178 6.7 Key Terms   178 6.8 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   179 6.9 Case Study Questions and Exercise (Use Case Study from Chapter 1)   179 Questions   179 Exercise   180 Chapter 7  Control Project Schedule   181 7.1 Introduction   181 7.2 Schedule Control Information   183 Schedule Baseline   183 Work Activity Monitoring   185 Earned Value Analysis   187 Milestone Analysis   192 7.3 Schedule Control Techniques   192 Contingency Control   193 Schedule Crashing   193 Resource Contracts   194 Change Control   195 Verify Control   196 7.4 Summary   197 7.5 Review Questions   199 7.6 Key Terms   199 7.7 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   200 7.8 Case Study Questions and Exercise (Use Case Study from Chapter 1)   200 Questions   200 Exercise   200 Part II:  Project Cost Management   201 Chapter 8  Plan Cost Management   203 8.1 Introduction   203 8.2 Information for Planning Costs   205 Cost Definitions   205 Project Charter   209 Statement of Work   209 Project Manager’s Experience   210 Subject Matter Experts   210 Project Structures   211 8.3 Develop the Cost Management Plan   211 Components of the Plan   212 8.4 Cost Management Plan Applications   213 Organizational Strategic Planning   214 Tool for Manager’s Tactical Use   214 8.5 Summary   216 8.6 Review Questions   217 8.7 Key Terms   218 8.8 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   218 8.9 Case Study (Use for Part II, Chapters 8–11)   218 Mass Brothers Automotive—IT Infrastructure Upgrade   218 8.10 Case Study Questions and Exercises   220 Questions   220 Exercises   220 Chapter 9  Estimate Project Costs   221 9.1 Introduction   221 9.2 Project Cost Requirements   223 Statement of Work   224 Work Breakdown Structure   224 Activity Information Checklist   225 Scope Statement   226 9.3 Cost Estimating Tools   227 Cost Management Plan   228 Cost Constraints   232 Analogous Cost Estimating   234 Parametric Cost Estimating   234 Rough Order-of-Magnitude Estimating   235 Subject Matter Experts   236 Three-Point Cost Estimating   236 Top-Down and Bottom-Up Estimating   239 Contingency Cost Estimating   240 9.4 Estimating Based on Project Structures   242 Linear and Incremental   242 Iterative and Adaptive   243 Extreme   244 9.5 Summary   245 9.6 Review Questions   246 9.7 Key Terms   247 9.8 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   247 9.9 Case Study Questions and Exercises (Use Case Study from Chapter 8)   248 Questions   248 Exercises   248 Chapter 10  Develop a Project Budget   249 10.1 Introduction   249 10.2 Purpose of a Project Budget   250 Budget at Completion   251 Project Budget Baseline   252 Manage the Triple Constraint   252 Communicate Project Status   254 Organizational Planning   254 10.3 Budget Methods   255 Cost Aggregation Method   256 Time-Phased Method   256 Top-Down Budgeting   257 Analogous Budgeting   259 Funding Limit Reconciliation   260 10.4 Summary   261 10.5 Review Questions   262 10.6 Key Terms   263 10.7 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   263 10.8 Case Study Questions and Exercises (Use Case Study from Chapter 8)   264 Questions   264 Exercises   264 Chapter 11  Control Project Costs   265 11.1 Introduction   265 11.2 Cost Control Data   266 Monitor Costs   267 Cost Analysis Tools   269 11.3 Cost Control Techniques   272 Integrated Change Control   272 Contingency Control   273 Contract Control   274 Procurement Review and Approval   276 Control Verification   276 11.4 Summary   277 11.5 Review Questions   279 11.6 Key Terms   280 11.7 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   280 11.8 Case Study Questions and Exercises (Use Case Study from Chapter 8)   281 Questions   281 Exercises   281 Part III:  Project Quality Management   283 Chapter 12  Plan Quality Management   285 12.1 Introduction   285 12.2 Components of a Quality Management Plan   286 Establish Quality Monitoring   287 Determine Analysis Methodologies   288 Establish Quality Metrics   288 Plan Quality Assurance   289 Determine Cost of Quality   289 Integrate a Change Control Process   290 Determine Quality Controls   290 12.3 Tools for Quality Management Planning   291 Statistical Sampling   291 Design of Experiments   292 Benchmarking   292 Subject Matter Expert Meetings   293 Brainstorming   294 12.4 Summary   294 12.5 Review Questions   295 12.6 Key Terms   296 12.7 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   296 12.8 Case Study (Use for Part III, Chapters 12–14)   297 Lewton Telecom—Engineering Prototype Project   297 12.9 Case Study Questions and Exercises   298 Questions   298 Exercises   299 Chapter 13  Conduct Quality Assurance   301 13.1 Introduction   301 13.2 Project Quality Assurance Data   302 Quality Management Plan   303 Organizational Quality Standards   303 Industry Quality Standards   305 Customer Quality Standards   305 Quality Metric   307 13.3 Quality Assurance Tools   307 Quality Audits   308 Process Analysis   308 13.4 Quality Assurance Results   312 Continuous Improvement   313 Process Capability   313 Change Requests   313 13.5 Summary   314 13.6 Review Questions   315 13.7 Key Terms   316 13.8 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   316 13.9 Case Study Questions and Exercises (Use Case Study from Chapter 12)   316 Questions   316 Exercises   317 Chapter 14  Control Project Quality   319 14.1 Introduction   319 14.2 Establish What to Control   320 Statement of Work   321 Customer Specifications   321 Workmanship Performance Reports   322 Organizational Requirements   323 Project Risk Register   324 14.3 Quality Control Tools and Techniques   324 Inspections   325 Statistical Sampling   326 Design Review   327 Seven Basic Quality Tools   328 14.4 QC Results   334 Quality Improvements   335 Updates to Project Schedule and Budget   335 Verification of Deliverable Quality   336 Project Process Updates   336 Organizational Process Updates   337 14.5 Summary   337 14.6 Review Questions   340 14.7 Key Terms   340 14.8 PMBOK Connections (5th Ed.)   341 14.9 Case Study Questions and Exercises (Use Case Study from Chapter 12)   341 Questions   341 Exercises   341 Appendix A  Change Control Process   343 Bibliography   347 Index   349   The definitive guide to managing the "triple constraint" of time, cost, and quality in any project