Managing Aviation Projects from Concept to Completion Book

List of Figures

Foreword William DeCota DeCota, William

Foreword Yiannis Paraschis Paraschis, Yiannis

1 The Nature of Projects and their Management 1

2 Factors for Project Success or Failure 13

3 Project Definition 31

4 Strategic Decisions 51

5 Estimating the Project Costs 71

6 Evaluating an Aviation Investment Project and Preparing a Business Case 99

7 Project Authorization 121

8 Organizing the Project 133

9 Some Key Roles and Stakeholders in the Project Organization 151

10 Work Breakdown and Coding 161

11 Relating the Project Dimensions of Work, Organization and Cost 179

12 Introduction to Detailed Project Planning 201

13 An Introduction to Critical Path Network Analysis 211

14 Critical Path Network Analysis in More Practical Detail 235

15 Principles of Resource Scheduling 251

16 More Advanced Aspects of Resource Scheduling 267

17 Planning For Risk and Uncertainty in Aviation Projects 297

18 Contracts and Terms of Payment 325

19 Purchasing - Part 1: Principles and Initial Ordering 335

20 Purchasing - Part 2: The Supply Chain 347

21 Managing Project Start-up 359

22 Managing Progress 375

23 Managing Changes 401

24 Managing Project Costs 423

25 Managing Project Cash Flows 439

26 Reporting Progress and Costs 451

27 Project Closedown 477

Bibliography 491

Index 493