Total project management of construction safety, health and environment 2nd edition

Many project deliverables extend beyond a product or a service for sale to customers. The deliverable may include a new or a revised process for internal workflow or relations with customers, suppliers, or partners. The success of these projects will depend upon adoption of the new or revised process in addition to typical metrics for cost, schedule, risk, and quality. The project manager and team will be responsible for “managing organizational change”—a skillset that is not addressed within the Project Management Institute Body of Knowledge. The purpose of this chapter is to provide sufficient knowledge about approaches and implementation for organizational change to achieve total project success. Case studies are included to illustrate best practices and lessons learned.

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Total Project Management: An Integrated Approach to the Management of Capital Investment Projects

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers ◽

10.1243/pime_proc_1982_196_036_02 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 196 (1) ◽

pp. 337-346

Author(s):

H Darnell ◽

M W Dale

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Learning Process ◽

Capital Investment ◽

Integrated Approach ◽

Investment Analysis ◽

Investment Projects ◽

Knowledge Based ◽

The Uk ◽

Substandard Performance ◽

Total Project

Substandard performance and failure to meet objectives in capital investment has been a major contribution to the catastrophic decline in the profitability of industry in the UK. The structure of a project is described and the differences between a project and ongoing operations are discussed. An approach to capital investment analysis is described which is based on rate of cashflow and which relates closely to the actual events that occur. The nature and character of the risks involved are examined and a variety of problems discussed. The inevitability of the learning process is pointed out together with the benefits of structuring this learning. Some of the human and organizational imperatives required for success are defined and the need for a knowledge-based approach to the main project disciplines is advocated. These disciplines are outlined together with some discussion of their inter-relations. The operational techniques which ensure a total, and avoid a fragmented, approach to managing a project are briefly described and the importance of top management involvement is emphasized. By taking the steps advocated in the paper the risks inherent in capital investment projects can be reduced to an acceptable level.

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Theory and Application of Total Project Management

Asphalt Material Characterization, Accelerated Testing, and Highway Management ◽

10.1061/41042(349)15 ◽

2009 ◽

Author(s):

Jianbo Yuan ◽

Qisen Zhang

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Total Project

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