16 Planning and Monitoring Projects
Objective and Learning Outcomes
The final chapter in this book provides an overview of important and practically applicable techniques used in project management. After defining what a project is and outlining the area of project management, the chapter introduces two important topics within project management, the planning of projects and the monitoring of projects. Using simple example projects, important practical techniques are presented for both topics, focusing on network analysis and earned value management. This chapter aims to achieve the following learning outcomes:
- an appreciation of the general field of project management;
- an ability to define what a project ...
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