Statistical Techniques for Project Control

b11476-1......Page 1 Contents......Page 5 Preface......Page 15 Authors......Page 17 b11476-2......Page 19 Why Projects Fail......Page 22 Management by Project......Page 23 Integrated Project Implementation......Page 24 Critical Factors for Project Success......Page 26 DODAF Systems Architecture for Project Management......Page 27 Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®)......Page 28 Project Systems Structure......Page 34 Project Systems Implementation Outline......Page 36 Value of Lean Times......Page 39 Project Decision Analysis......Page 40 Systems Group Decision-Making Models......Page 43 Hierarchy of Project Control......Page 48 Modeling Project Environment......Page 55 Use of Statistics in Project Control......Page 56 Normal Distribution......Page 57 Relationship to Six Sigma......Page 60 Statistical Averages......Page 61 Statistical Thinking: Computational Examples......Page 67 Factors of Project Control......Page 70 Statistics for Production Changeovers......Page 73 General Control Steps......Page 76 Formal and Informal Control......Page 77 Schedule Control......Page 78 Performance Control......Page 83 Continuous Performance Improvement......Page 84 Cost Control......Page 87 Information Required for Project Control......Page 88 Control Charts......Page 104 b11476-4......Page 111 Critical Path Method......Page 113 Determination of Critical Activities......Page 117 Subcritical Paths......Page 120 Gantt Chart......Page 122 Activity Crashing and Schedule Compression......Page 125 PERT Network Analysis......Page 130 Modeling Activity Times......Page 132 Beta Distribution......Page 133 Triangular Distribution......Page 136 Uniform Distribution......Page 137 Statistical Analysis of Project Duration......Page 138 Precedence Diagramming......Page 141 Reverse Criticality in PDM Networks......Page 149 References......Page 152 Importance of Work Performance Measurement......Page 153 Basic Techniques of Performance Work Sampling......Page 155 Sample Size Calculations......Page 156 Control Charts for Performance Control......Page 157 Applications of Work Sampling......Page 158 Learning Curve Analysis for Performance Control......Page 161 Univariate Learning Curve Models......Page 163 Impacts of Multivariate Learning Curves......Page 174 Summary of Cost, Time, and Performance Formulas......Page 176 References......Page 178 b11476-6......Page 179 Cost Concepts and Definitions......Page 180 Project Cash Flow Analysis......Page 182 Effects of Inflation......Page 197 Breakeven Analysis......Page 200 Profit Ratio Analysis......Page 203 Amortization of Capital......Page 206 Project Cost Estimation......Page 212 Budgeting and Capital Allocation......Page 213 Cost Monitoring......Page 220 Activity-Based Costing......Page 222 References......Page 228 Quality Management: Step-By-Step Implementation......Page 229 Six Sigma and Quality Management......Page 230 Taguchi Loss Function......Page 232 Identification and Elimination of Sources of Defects......Page 233 Roles and Responsibilities for Six Sigma......Page 234 Process Capability Analysis for Six Sigma......Page 248 Lean Principles and Applications......Page 253 Lean Six Sigma in Project Management......Page 257 Lean and Six Sigma......Page 259 Pull Technique......Page 268 Lean Action Plan......Page 272 Six Sigma and Statistics......Page 275 Selecting Proper Statistical Techniques......Page 276 Six Sigma Methodology......Page 278 Hypothesis Testing......Page 297 Confidence Interval......Page 300 Capability Analysis......Page 301 Gage R&R......Page 302 Gage R&R......Page 307 Capability Studies......Page 314 Analytical Studies......Page 316 Multivariate Studies......Page 328 b11476-11......Page 337 Leadership......Page 339 SigmSResource Allocation by Management......Page 342 Discrete Distributions......Page 345 Continuous Distributions......Page 350 Distribution Functions: Parameter Estimation......Page 362 ANOVA......Page 366 Regression......Page 370 X Bar Charts......Page 374 Capability Ratio......Page 376 Time Series Analysis......Page 379 Categorical Analysis......Page 381 Fisher’s Exact Test......Page 382 Basic Probability Principles......Page 386 Mean Value xˆ or Expected Value μ......Page 387 Discrete Distribution Formulas......Page 388 Continuous Distribution Formulas......Page 391 Generation Algorithms......Page 400