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Reading: The International Space Station Project (ISS), 727 Introduction, 728 Behavioral Aspects of Project Management, 729 The Nature of Projects, 729 Key Decisions in Project Management, 730 The Project Manager, 731 Project Champions, 732 Reading: Project Managers Have Never Been More Critical, 732 Certification, 733 The Pros and Cons of Working on Projects, 734 Project Life Cycle, 734 Work Breakdown Structure, 734 Planning and Scheduling with Gantt Charts, 736 PERT and CPM, 736 The Network Diagram, 737 Network Conventions, 738 Deterministic Time Estimates, 739 A Computing Algorithm, 740 Activity-on-Arrow, 741 Rules for the Computing Algorithm, 745 Activity-on-Node, 745 Computing Slack Times, 746 Probabilistic Time Estimates, 747 Determining Path Probabilities, 750 Simulation, 753 Time-Cost Trade-Offs: Crashing, 753 Advantages of Using PERT and Potential Sources of Error, 756 Technology for Managing Projects, 757 Operations Strategy, 758 Risk Management, 758 Summary, 759 Key Terms, 759 Solved Problems, 760 Discussion and Review Questions, 766 Taking Stock, 767 Critical Thinking Exercise, 767 Problems, 767 Cases: The Case of the Mexican Crazy Quilt, 773 Time, Please, 774 Selected Bibliography and Further Reading, 775 |