a hands-on guide for successful engineering projects Siegel, Neil G. creator author. text nju 2025 Second edition. monographic eng

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xxiv, 440 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. "Project management incorporates both the people-related and technical requirements necessary for the successful management of engineering projects, as well as the organizational and strategic aspects. Engineering-focused project management centers around the processes that are used to produce, process, and service engineering-based innovation projects from idea through relevant analyses to launch. It also relates innovation to improvements in products, processes, and competitive advantage"-- The role and the challenge -- Performing engineering on projects (initial portion) -- Performing engineering on projects (concluding portion) -- Understanding your users and your other stakeholders -- How do engineering projects get created? -- Organizing and planning -- Creating credible predictions for schedule and cost: the activity network -- Drawing valid conclusions from numbers -- Risk and opportunity management -- Monitoring the progress of your project (initial portion) -- Monitoring the progress of your project (concluding portion) -- Four special topics -- The social aspects of engineering project management -- Achieving quality -- Applying our ideas in the real world, ethics of engineering. Neil G. Siegel. Includes index. Engineering Management Project management TA190 .S586 2024 658.404 Si154e Siegel, Neil G. Hoboken, NJ, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024] 2nd edition (DLC) 2024023163 9781394242986 2024023162 DLC 260901 20260902234044.0 23705843 eng