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