Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1 Projects -- Project Types -- Project Life Cycles -- Principal Project Players -- Project Outcomes -- The Swings and Roundabouts Project -- 2 Getting Ready for the Project -- Project Definition -- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) -- Costs and Cost Estimating -- Introduction to Cost Estimating Methods -- Work Breakdown and Cost Estimate for the Swings and Roundabouts Project -- 3 Organization -- Organizations in General -- Introducing a Project into an Organization for the First Time -- Coordinated Project Matrix -- Project Teams and Task Forces -- Matrix Organizations for Multiple Projects -- Organization Theory from the Project Manager's Point of View -- Organization of the Swings and Roundabouts Project -- 4 Planning and Scheduling -- Essential Requirements for an Effective Plan -- Diary Planning -- Bar Charts -- Introduction to Critical Path Network Analysis -- Resource Scheduling -- Planning the Swings and Roundabouts Project -- 5 Contracts and Commerce -- About Contracts -- Purchasing -- Contracts for Services and Construction -- Contract Administration -- Contracts and Purchases for the Swings and Roundabouts Project -- 6 Taking Control -- Managing Project Risk -- Controlling Project Changes -- Some Principles of Progress Control -- Some Principles of Cost Control -- Methods for Measuring or Monitoring Costs -- Attempts to Analyse Trends and Make Predictions Using Earned Value Analysis -- Controlling the Swings and Roundabouts Project -- 7 Task Forces for Special Projects -- Our Project is Sick: Send for a Doctor! -- Task Forces for Business Change Projects -- Task Forces as a General Solution? -- 8 Round Up -- Meetings -- Actions Necessary When a Project Comes to an End -- Final Project Meeting of the Swings and Roundabouts Team -- Conclusion -- Further Reading -- Professional Associations.

Structured Project Management Methodologies -- Index.