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Project management in engineering services and development / Ernst G. Frankel.

By: Frankel, Ernst G.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Butterworths, 1990Description: x, 358 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0408039574 .Subject(s): Engineering -- Management | Project managementDDC classification: 658.5
Contents:
Introduction -- Section I - The role of project management -- Project management in context -- Project organization -- The project cycle -- Project management functions -- Procurement, negotiations and contracting -- Case study I - New naval ship and shipyard project -- Section II - Performance of project management -- Introduction -- Project identification and selection pre-project -- Technical choice - establishment of alternatives -- Project appraisal and formulation phase -- Project planning I -- Project planning II -- Project planning III -- Cost estimating -- Financing and investment analysis -- Financial appraisal of projects -- Case study II - Introduction of CAD/CAM in a plastic plant -- Section III - Management of development projects -- Introduction -- Issues in development project management -- Economic appraisal of projects -- Economic project planning -- Environmental impact analysis -- Case study III - Grand port development project -- Section IV - The project environment -- Introduction -- Project financing and communications -- Project implementation -- Technology transfer -- Project risk management -- Issues in project management -- Project management in perspective.

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

An up-to-date treatise on the role, performance, methods, techniques, and economics of project management, and the environment in which project management takes place. Covers both theory and application of organization, planning, design, feasibility determination, appraisal, financial planning, cost estimation, implementation control, acceptance, and post audit. Uses examples from many types of project. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Section I - The role of project management -- Project management in context -- Project organization -- The project cycle -- Project management functions -- Procurement, negotiations and contracting -- Case study I - New naval ship and shipyard project -- Section II - Performance of project management -- Introduction -- Project identification and selection pre-project -- Technical choice - establishment of alternatives -- Project appraisal and formulation phase -- Project planning I -- Project planning II -- Project planning III -- Cost estimating -- Financing and investment analysis -- Financial appraisal of projects -- Case study II - Introduction of CAD/CAM in a plastic plant -- Section III - Management of development projects -- Introduction -- Issues in development project management -- Economic appraisal of projects -- Economic project planning -- Environmental impact analysis -- Case study III - Grand port development project -- Section IV - The project environment -- Introduction -- Project financing and communications -- Project implementation -- Technology transfer -- Project risk management -- Issues in project management -- Project management in perspective.