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Record Nr.

UNINA9910140913903321

Autore

Building) CIOB (Chartered Institute of

Titolo

Guide to Good Practice in the Management of Time in Complex Projects [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Wiley, 2010

ISBN

1-282-88426-3

9786612884269

1-4443-2959-6

1-4443-2960-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (172 p.)

Disciplina

690.068/5

690.0685

Soggetti

Building - Superintendence

Building --Superintendence

Production scheduling

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Engineering & Applied Sciences

Civil Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Guide to Good Practice in the Management of Time in Complex Projects; Contents; Table of figures; Table of a cronyms; Time - Management Working - Group member and contributor details; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: Preamble; 2: Strategy; 3: Developing the time - model; 4: Managing the time - model; 5: Communicating and integrating the time - model; APPENDICES; Glossary of terms; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Delayed completion affects IT, process plant, oil and gas, civil engineering, shipbuilding and marine work contracts. In fact it affects all industries in all countries and the bigger the project, the more damage delayed completion causes to costs, to reputation and sometimes, even to the survival of the contracting parties themselves. In simple projects, time can be managed intuitively by any reasonably competent person, but complex projects cannot and a more analytical



approach is necessary if the project is to succeed. Although much has been written about how to apportion liability for de