Management

Olaf Passenheim

Project Management

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Project Management © 2009 Olaf Passenheim & Ventus Publishing ApS ISBN 978-87-7681-487-8

To Till Jakob and Jan Malte

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Project Management

Contents

Contents

Foreword 1 1.1 1.2 1.3 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Project Management Introduction Project Management and Process Management Conceptual Framework Project Organisations Introduction Project Organisation and Responsibilities Organisational Models Choosing the Project Organisation Conclusion Project Scope and Estimation of Times and Cost Introduction Project Kick-Off Meeting Project Scope Management Activity Resource Estimating Project Time Management Estimation of Project Cost Conclusion 10 11 11 12 14 16 16 16 19 24 25 27 27 27 28 33 35 37 41

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