Managing aviation projects from concept to completion / Triant G. Flouris & Dennis Lock.

Author/creator Flouris, Triant G.
Other author Lock, Dennis.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
Descriptionxxvi, 500 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Airplanes--Design and construction.
Aircraft industry--Management.
Aerospace engineering.
Project management.

Contents The nature of projects and their management -- Factors for project success or failure -- Project definition -- Strategic decisions -- Estimating the project costs -- Evaluating an aviation investment project and preparing a business case -- Project authorization -- Organizing the project -- Some key roles and stakeholders in the project organization -- Work breakdown and coding -- Relating the project dimensions of work, organization and cost -- Introduction to detailed project planning -- An introduction to critical path network analysis -- Critical path network analysis in more practical detail -- Principles of resource scheduling -- More advanced aspects of resource scheduling -- Planning for risk and uncertainty in aviation projects -- Contracts and terms of payment -- Purchasing - Part 1 : principles and initial ordering -- Purchasing - Part 2 : the supply chain -- Managing project start-up -- Managing progress -- Managing changes -- Managing project costs -- Managing project cash flows -- Reporting progress and costs -- Project closedown.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 491-492) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2009023764
ISBN9780754676157 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN0754676153 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN9780754698746 (ebk : alk. paper)
ISBN0754698742 (ebk : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available