Bücher der Reihe Cost Engineering

Outlining the responsibility of the venture manager in project selection, this title contains chapters with emphasis on choosing the correct project, defining project goals, adequate front end loading (FEL). It provides case studies and examples on technical evaluation criteria, construction progress monitoring, and offshore estimating.

Presents instructions on what to do to manage multiple small projects - using limited resources - in any industry. This work covers methods that address the needs of the non-specialist project manager, and are suitable for professionals who coordinate multiple projects of various kinds.

Presenting a sequence of steps for matching cost engineering needs with helpful computer tools, this reference addresses the issues of project complexity and uncertainty; cost estimation, scheduling, and cost control; cost and result uncertainty; and, engineering and general purpose software.

This book is intended as an introduction to printed circuit board manufacturing processes and terminology for readers who have no exposure to them. It provides techniques and approaches to estimating that should prove useful to all who participate in the estimating process.

Highlights advantages, disadvantages, and future trends of computerization to project control activity. Stresses identification of when computerization is needed and explores how to convert. Covers fundamentals of project control theory, software technology, and labor and cost analysis. Includes glo

Bridges the gap between the quantitative viewpoint of management science and the practical needs of project cost management. This text covers an integrated cost management programme. It presents the use of method study techniques to increase the effectiveness of procedures and improve the productivity of resources.