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Introduction | |
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The Nature of Schedule and Cost Control | |
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What Is Schedule and Cost Control? | |
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Why Do We Need Schedule and Cost Control? | |
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The Project Life Cycle | |
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Requirements Review | |
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Schedule and Cost Control Documentation | |
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Identifying and Developing Customer Requirements | |
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Who Defines Requirements? | |
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What Are Requirements and Why Do We Need Them? | |
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Types of Requirements | |
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Writing Requirements | |
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The Statement of Work | |
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Types of Statements of Work | |
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Benefits of a Well-Written Statement of Work | |
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The Statement of Work Format | |
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Identifying Project Requirements | |
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Determining Whether to Pursue a Project | |
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Special Customer Conditions | |
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Capturing All the Project Requirements | |
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Cross-Referencing Requirements Matrix | |
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Work Breakdown Structure and Baseline Development | |
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Benefits and Uses of a Work Breakdown Structure | |
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Assigning Task Responsibility | |
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Project Costing | |
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Work Breakdown Structure Models | |
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Building a Work Breakdown Structure | |
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Where Does the Work Breakdown Structure Originate? | |
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Translating the Work Breakdown Structure into the Plan | |
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The Baseline | |
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Scheduling | |
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Key Steps in Developing Schedules | |
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Input to Activity Definition for Developing Schedules | |
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Network Analysis | |
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Interpreting and Using Network Diagrams | |
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Network Diagram Development | |
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Network Diagram Rules of Thumb | |
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Network Diagram Types | |
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Using Precedence Diagramming for Project Schedule Development | |
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Techniques for Compressing the Schedule and Leveling Resources | |
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Methods for Compressing the Schedule | |
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Leveling Resources | |
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Gantt and Milestone Charts | |
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Cost Categories | |
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Mistakes and Inadequacies of Project-Costing Processes | |
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Cost Estimating Defined | |
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Types of Costs and Cost Categories | |
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Developing a Cost-Estimating Process | |
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Estimating and Budget Determination | |
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Resource Planning Fundamentals | |
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Resource Management Considerations | |
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Duration | |
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Estimating | |
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Types of Estimates | |
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Estimating Recommendations | |
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Estimating Tools and Techniques | |
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Project Reserves | |
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Program Evaluation and Review Technique | |
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Standard Deviation in PERT Estimates | |
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Finalizing the Estimates | |
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Collecting Cost Data with the Integrated Work Breakdown Structure | |
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Planning the Project | |
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Why Plan? | |
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Scope Planning | |
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Schedule Planning | |
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Calculating Productivity and Labor Availability | |
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Gantt Chart | |
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Milestone Charts | |
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Estimating | |
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Cost Estimating | |
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Resource Planning | |
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Risk Planning | |
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Subsidiary Management Plans | |
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The Project Plan | |
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Project Management Planning Software | |
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The Implementation Phase | |
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Implementing the Project | |
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Monitoring the Project | |
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Data Collecting | |
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Data Analysis | |
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Information Reporting | |
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Controlling the Project | |
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Cost Variances | |
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Schedule Variances | |
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Scope Changes | |
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Risk | |
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Monitoring and Control | |
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Understanding Evaluation and Control in Project Management | |
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Controlling Schedule and Cost | |
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What Is Earned Value Management? | |
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Key Earned Value Terminology | |
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Applying Earned Value: An Example | |
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Earned Value Analysis: Formulas and Their Interpretation | |
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Variance Indicators | |
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Performance Indexes | |
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Percent Complete and Percent Spent | |
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Completion Estimates | |
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Data Presentation | |
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Estimating Percent Complete | |
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Analyzing Variance | |
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Status Reporting | |
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Understanding the Project Change Process | |
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What Is a Project Change Process? | |
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Configuration Management | |
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Critical Steps in Creating a Change Management Process | |
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Manage Change | |
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Understanding Project Change Control and Change Control Management | |
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Basis of Control and Management | |
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Why a Change Management Process Is Required | |
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The Change Management Process | |
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Successfully Closing the Project | |
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How to Determine Project Completion | |
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Evaluate the Project Plan to Determine Project Completion | |
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Provide Concrete Measurements for Project Completion | |
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Other Project Completion Activities | |
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Exit Strategy Process | |
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Celebrate Success | |
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Administer Closeout | |