Index

Activity duration, estimating, 68–69

Actual cost (AC), 97

American Physical Plant Association, 69

Analogous estimating method, 83

 

Baseline consolidated project plan, 89–90

Bottom-up estimating method, 84

Budget, 86–88

    aggregation, 86, 87, 116

    as basis for control, 87, 88

    cash flow, 86, 88

    controlling, 97

Budget at completion (BAC), 97

 

Cash flow, 86, 88

Change control

    establishing, 61–62

    template, 62

Close project

    deliverables, transitioning, 106

    lessons learned, capturing and sharing, 106–107

    post-project activities, completing, 107

Communication

    appropriate, using, 102–106

    managing, 101–106

    needs, understanding, 102

    with stakeholders, 43–46, 113

Contingency reserve, 85

Core team members, 9

Cost(s)

    contingencies and uncertainty, 85

    estimation methods, 83–84

    life cycle, 82

    and sustainability, 82

    types of, 82–83

Cost performance index (CPI), 98, 99

Cost variance (CV), 98, 99

Critical path, identification of, 72–73

 

Decomposition, 54

Deliverables, transitioning, 106

Direct costs, 82–83

Direct supervisor of project manager, responsibilities of, 11

 

Earned value analysis (EVA), 95, 97–100, 117

Estimate at completion (EAC), 98, 99

Estimate to complete (ETC), 98, 99

 

Face-to-face conversations, 102

First pass (forward), 70, 71

Fixed costs, 83

 

Gantt chart, 73–75, 77, 86, 103, 104, 115

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide^®), 23

 

Indirect costs, 83

Integrated plan, 89

International Facility Manager’s Association, 69

 

Key roles, in project management, 8–11

Kickoff project, 89

Known knowns, 58–59

Known unknowns, 59, 85

 

Lessons learned, capturing and sharing, 106–107

Life cycle costs, 82

 

Management reserve, 85

Meeting agreements, 2, 3

 

Parametric estimating method, 83–84

Planned value (PV), 97

Portfolio management, 17–20

Post-project activities, completing, 107

Prioritizing projects, 20, 121

Progress reports, 103–105, 117

Project change

    controlling, 100–101

    request, 101, 114

Project charter, 21–32

    components of, 22–23

    construction of, 23–30

    draft charter, approving, 30

    example of, 27–30

    milestone schedule with acceptance criteria template, 25

    reasons for using, 21–22

    template, 25, 30–32

    3 Cs of, 22, 27, 112

    3 Rs of, 22, 25–27, 111–112

    3 Ws of, 22, 24–25, 111

Project, definition of, 1

Project life cycle, 5–8, 53

    roles and responsibilities template, 11, 110

Project management

    definition of, 1–2

    key roles in, 8–11

Project Management Institute Code of Ethics & Professional Conduct, 11, 82

Project Management Office (PMO), 20–21, 32

Project manager (PM)

    responsibilities of, 11

Project performance

    changes, controlling, 100–101

    communications, managing, 101–106

    directing, 94

    monitoring and controlling, 94–95

    quality assurance, 95

    quality control, 95–96

    risks, monitoring and controlling, 96

    schedule and budget, controlling, 97

Project schedule(ing), 65–80

    activity duration, estimating, 68–69

    controlling, 97

    developing, 69–73

    critical path, identification of, 72–73

    first pass (forward), 70, 71

    second pass (backward), 70–72

    on Gantt chart, showing, 73–75

    limitations of, 65

    resource overloads, identifying, 77–78

    using software, 78–79

    work activities, defining, 66

    work activities, sequencing, 66–68

    workers, assigning, 75–76

Project success, 3–4

    measures template, 3, 4

    template, 109

Project team, 35–40

    attitude and skill development stages, 38

    development of, 38

    leading, 39–40

    location of, 36–37

    misunderstandings, 36

    resource sharing, 36

    team members, evaluation of, 36

    team members needs and secure commitment, identifying, 37–38

Proposing projects, 18–19

 

Quality assurance, 95

Quality control, 95–96

 

RACI chart, 76, 115

Requirements

    collection of, 49–52

    traceability matrix, 52, 114

Resource availability matrix, 118, 119–120

Resource overloads, identifying, 77–78

Resource sharing, 36

Resourcing projects, 20, 122

    matrix, 123

Risk

    assessment, 60

    categories of, 58–59

    management, 58–60

    monitoring and controlling, 96

    response plan, 61

 

Schedule performance index (SPI), 98, 99

Schedule variance (SV), 97, 99

Scope, 52–54

    constraints and assumptions of, 53–54

    definition of, 52

    and project life cycle, 53

Second pass (backward), 70–72

Selecting projects, 20

    matrix, 118, 119, 120–121

Silos, 44

Software, project scheduling using, 78–79

Sponsor, responsibilities of, 11

Stakeholders

    building relationships with, 42–43

    communication with, 43–46, 113

    identification of, 40

    power interest grid, 41, 113

    prioritizing, 40–41

Stand-up meetings, 102

Subject matter experts (SMEs), 9, 37

Sustainability, costs and, 82

 

Team members

    evaluation of, 36

    needs and secure commitment, identifying, 37–38

To-complete performance index (TCPI), 98, 100

Total cost spreadsheet, 116

 

Unknown unknowns, 59, 85

 

Value engineering, 85

Variable costs, 83

 

Work activities

    defining, 66

    duration of, estimating, 68–69

    sequencing, 66–68

Work breakdown structure (WBS), 65, 84

    creation of, 54–57

    free form format, 56

    indented outline format of, 55

    org chart format, 56

    participation, ensuring, 57–58

Workers, assigning, 75–76