Network Scheduling Techniques for Construction Project Management

M. Hajdu

ISBN 10: 0792343093 / ISBN 13: 9780792343097

Published by Springer, Springer, 1996

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Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Industrial, financial, commercial or any kinds of project have at least one common feature: the better organized they are, the higher the profit or the lower the cost. Project management is the principle of planning different projects and keeping them on track within time, cost and resource constraints. The need for effective project management is ever-increasing. The complexity of the environment we live in requires more sophisticated methods than it did just a couple of decades ago. Project managers might face insurmountable obstacles in their work if they do not adapt themselves to the changing circumstances. On the other hand, better knowledge of project management can result in better plans, schedules and, last but not least, more contracts and more profit. This knowledge can help individuals and firms to stay alive in this competitive market and, in the global sense, utilize the finite resources of our planet in a more efficient way.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Network Scheduling Techniques for Construction Project Management
• Publisher: Springer, Springer
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0792343093
• ISBN 13: 9780792343097
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 241W x 160H x 24D millimeters 241 millimeters width by 160 millimeters height by 24 millimeters depth
• Weight: 699 grams

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Synopsis

Industrial, financial, commercial or any kinds of project have at least one common feature: the better organized they are, the higher the profit or the lower the cost. Project management is the principle of planning different projects and keeping them on track within time, cost and resource constraints. The need for effective project management is ever-increasing. The complexity of the environment we live in requires more sophisticated methods than it did just a couple of decades ago. Project managers might face insurmountable obstacles in their work if they do not adapt themselves to the changing circumstances. On the other hand, better knowledge of project management can result in better plans, schedules and, last but not least, more contracts and more profit. This knowledge can help individuals and firms to stay alive in this competitive market and, in the global sense, utilize the finite resources of our planet in a more efficient way.

Review

`This is a rare book. ... I would recommend the book to anybody who wants to understand the mathematical theory behind networks ...'
Journal of the Operational Research Society, 50:5 (1999)