1st Edition

Project Management Planning and Scheduling Techniques

By Vijay Bansal Copyright 2024
284 Pages 264 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 264 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 264 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Project Management:Planning and Scheduling Techniques is a highly readable guide to the essentials of project planning, scheduling, and control aimed at readers looking for an introduction to the core concepts of planning and scheduling, including the ‘Critical Path Method’, but also the ‘Precedence Diagramming Method’, the ‘Line of Balance’ technique, and the ‘Programme Evaluation and Review... Read more

1. Project Management  2. Work Breakdown Structure  3. Bar Charts  4. Development of Networks  5. Critical Path Method I: Activity Times  6. Critical Path Method II: Activity Floats  7. Crashing: Time-Cost Tradeoff  8. Limited Time Resource Scheduling  9. Project Control and Updating  10. Programme Evaluations Review Technique I: Event Times  11. Programme Evaluation and Review Technique II: Probability of Completion  12. Precedence Diagramming Method  13. Line of Balance for Repetitive Projects  14. Selection of Planning Techniques   

Biography

Vijay Kumar Bansal is a faculty member of the Department of Civil Engineering at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur, India. He has more than two decades of experience in teaching, research, and fieldwork in project management: he is a resource person for many international e-learning hubs, has guided many Ph.D. and Master's Programme theses, and has completed many research projects. The author's research interests include 4D scheduling, repetitive scheduling, location-based planning scheduling, etc. He has contributed many research papers to national and international journals, conferences, and magazines, published by Taylor & Francis, American Society of Civil Engineers, Elsevier and Springer, and others. Apart from teaching and research, the author has worked in relevant positions such as executive engineer and associate dean.