Project Management ToolBox: Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Project Manager

Index

A

Activity-on-arrow (AOA) format, Critical Path Method (CPM) diagram, 186, 191

Activity-on-node (AON) format, Critical Path Method (CPM) diagram, 186, 192

Administrative skills, team member, 339

Affinity Diagram, 281–285

customization of, 284

drawing diagram, 283

example of, 282

grouping/sorting ideas, 282–283

idea generation, 282

information inputs, 282

issue definition, 282

and Postmortem Review, 505

purpose of, 281

situations for use, 283–284

variations of, 284

and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), 283

Analogous Estimate, 233–236

customization of, 236

estimate preparation, 234–235

information inputs, 234

pros/cons of, 236

purpose of, 233

situations for use, 235

target project in, 233

variations of, 236

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), 32–41

comparison matrices construction, 34–36

construction of model, 33–34

customization of, 40

decision hierarchy, levels of, 33

example of, 33

information inputs, 33

pros/cons of, 21, 38–39

purpose of, 21, 32

rating computation, 36

compared to Scoring Models, 38

situations for use, 36–38

variations in, 39

Aptitude Test for Project Managers, 343, 344

Armstrong World Industries (AWI)

competitive strategy of, 7–8

project management (PM) strategy, 9

project management toolbox/competitive strategy alignment, 519–521

Artifacts, of systemigrams, 279

Assumptions, as risks, 292

Audit trail, and cost planning, 231

B

Backward chaining, flowchart construction, 276

Bar charts

example of, 73

See also Charts

Baseline-Current-Future Analysis. See B-C-F ...