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  title info:
    title: Project estimating and cost management
  name:
    name part: Rad, Parviz F.
    name part: 1942-
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Knovel (Firm)
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: vau
    date issued: 2002
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xiii, 121 pages) : illustrations.
  abstract: Aims at improving the accuracy of project estimates, and making better in-progress modifications by following the discipline-independent approach mapped out in this book. Learn the ways to apply tools, including a breakdown structure for both work and resources and estimating models, from this book.
  table of contents: Title Page; Copyright; About the Author; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; Project Scope and Objectives; Organizational Objectives; Project Selection; CHAPTER 2 Deliverable-Oriented Work Breakdown structure; Work Breakdown Structure; WBS Development Steps; The Division Bases; Case Example: WBS for an Industrial Complex; Comparison of the Different Bases; Process-Oriented Projects; Organizational Priorities; Semantics; Changing the Paradigm; CHAPTER 3 Resource Breakdown Structure; Nomenclature, Dimensions, and Units; Resource Breakdown Structure
  table of contents: RBS DevelopmentThe Primary Division Basis; Lower-Level Division Bases with a Concentration on Human Resources; Estimating the Costs; Detailed Example; CHAPTER 4 Estimating Models; Accuracy; Parametric Estimating; Modular Estimating; Parametric Model; Analogous Estimating; Ratio Estimating; The Three-Quarters Rule; The Square Root Rule; The Two-Thirds Rule; Range Estimating; Expert Judgment; Normalization; CHAPTER 5 Progress Monitoring; Developing a Monitoring Plan; Elements of Monitoring; Earned Value; Productivity; CHAPTER 6 Cost Management; Causes of Change; Feed-Forward Technique
  table of contents: Impact of Schedule on CostLifecycle Costs; Impact of Project Risk; CHAPTER 7 External Projects; Specifications; Contracts; Response to Specifications; Bidding; Project Costs; Direct Costs; Indirect Costs; Overhead; Allowance; Contingency; Project Audit; Bibliography; Index
  note: Parviz F. Rad.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    topic: Cost control
  subject:
    topic: Estimate
  subject:
    topic: Cost Control
  subject:
    topic: Project Management (PM)
  subject:
    topic: Cost control
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industrial Management
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science
  subject:
    topic: BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior
  subject:
    topic: Cost control
  classification: TS167 .R43 2002eb
  classification: 658.15/52
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    title info:
      title: Project estimating and cost management
    name:
      name part: Rad, Parviz F., 1942-
    origin info:
      publisher: Vienna, Va. : Management Concepts, ©2002
    identifier: (DLC) 2001049446
    identifier: (OCoLC)47831560
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  record info:
    record content source: KNOVL
    record creation date: 140708
    record change date: 20260609152457.0
    record identifier: in00003831132
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng