Lecture 2 - Systematic Project Management Flashcards
a business is ___________ and ____________
stable, ongoing
business management focuses on managing ___________ ____________ to support a sustainable company
internal entities
________ ________ including company’s personal, finances, property, and other resources
internal activities
a project is ___________ and achieves _________
dynamic, completion
project management focuses on coordinating and regulating ___ ________ required to move the project toward a ___________ completion
all elements, successful
_____ internal affairs of a single company but coordinating of ________ __________ authorized by ____________ terms
less, different organizations, contractual
A construction project manager takes _______ _________ for a construction project or a __________ segment of a very _____ project
ultimate responsibility, significant, large
for complex jobs, the designer will assign a _____ project manager for the design portion of the work
design
if a subcontractor has a ______ project, they will assign their _____ project manager
large, own
a project manager will often manage __________ _____ if the company has a __________ of _________ jobs
multiple jobs, number, smaller
A project manager does:
- ________, plans, _________, controls field work
- to meet project _________ and _______ promises
-____________ with both individuals and organizations
-shares __________ with field superintendent
-directs staff
-make _______ and _______ actions on behalf of his upper management
organizes, schedules, time, cost, coordinate, authority, decisions, directs
Definition of construction project management:
provide professional _____________ services to the owner of a construction project with the ________ of achieving ________ _________ at ________ ______
management, objective, high quality, minimum cost
What are the construction Management procedures
evaluate, organize, plan, monitor, control, learn
Construction Management Procedures balances:
-scope work
-________
-______
- natural/political/social environment
-________
-risk
-communication
-human resources
-accounting/procurement
-________
schedule, cost, quality, safety
What are the management levels of construction
organizational, project, activity, operation, process, task
Organizational (Companies, corporations)
________ and ___________ structure of a firm, functional areas of management, _________between head and field offices
legal, business, interaction
Project (at the job site)
terms related to the _____________ of the project for the purpose of integrating quality, safety, time, and cost control
breakdown
activity
____________of specific _______ _________ equated to time and cost control
current cost, time, resource use, and status control
attainment, project segments
operation
focus on ____________ _________ and technology
means of ___________ construction, detailed ________ listings and synthesis of work processes
construction methods, achieving, resource
Process:
basic technological ___________ and logical task collections
recognizable __________ of construction, individual and mixed trade actions and ___________ of work tasks
sequences, portions, collections
task (individual work tasks)
fundamental _______ ______ focus, intrinsic knowledge and skills at the _____ level, and labor work ____________
work unit, crew, assignments
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
a _________ organization of the work elements in a project
collectively _______ the overall product and may involve hardware, software, services and ______________
hierarchical, describe, documentation
Reasons for developing WBS
the total program can be described as a _________ of subdivided elements
__________ can be performed
______ and ________ can be established
___________ can be linked to company resources in a logical manner
schedules and _______-__________ procedures can be established
network construction and ________ planning can be initiated
summation, planning, costs, budgets, objectives, status-reporting, control
Planning and Scheduling
studies of the plan (conceptual schedule) are made to determine:
how to meet project _________ _______
resource ____________ for individual activities and overall project
________________ to resolve unbalanced or conflicting _________
ultimately a calendar-date _______ of each __________
completion date, requirements, adjustments, demands, schedule of each activity
