We are facing an era of knowledge economy and digital world. The emergence of Internet has brought a new scenario of ecology in project management, and its theorem, methodologies, procedures and tools are subjected to subversive changes. So a monograph of project management ( PM) under Internet era has urgently need of renewing concepts in our project management community. This book presents the basic concepts and methods of project management on the virtual platform through Internet, which is widely used in real world project management community based on knowledge economy; meanwhile, it is different from former industry economy with solid assets as its resources and runs the project on a real physical manner. Beside the traditional PM, this book presents how shall we accommodate to conventional PM principles and also accommodate to Internet environment. It also discusses program management and portfolio management under Internet as well as the challenges of project management in the future. This book is a response caused by the PM challenges facing to us for satisfying our countermeasures: “Talent! Innovation! Strategy!” to the challenges. From long-term strategic view point, we also need to cultivate our talent accommodating to the digital era and on the “Internet + AI” platform. This is why the renewable project management textbook under Internet era and knowledge economy is initiated, which can be used for the graduate and undergraduate textbook in related majors; also as the reference book for PM practitioners.
我们正面临一个知识经济的时代和数字化的世界。互联网的出现为项目管理带来了新的生态场景,其原理、方法、流程以及工具都经历了颠覆性的变化,因此迫切需要互联网时代的项目管理专著来更新项目管理领域的概念。本书介绍了在互联网虚拟平台上实施项目管理的基本概念和方法,其基于知识经济,已经广泛应用于真实世界的项目管理行业;同时它不同于之前的有实体资产作为资源,它是以实际物理方式运行项目的工业经济。除了传统的项目管理模式外,本书还介绍了我们将如何调整传统项目管理原则和适应互联网环境,也讨论了在互联网环境中的项目集和项目组合管理以及未来项目管理面对的挑战。 本书是我们面对项目管理挑战的回应,符合我们对挑战提出的对策:“人才! 创新! 战略!”从长远的战略角度看,我们也需要培育适应数字时代和“互联网+AI”平台的人才。 这就是要对互联网和知识经济时代的项目管理教材进行更新的原因,本书不仅可以作为相关专业的研究生和本科生的教材,还可以作为项目管理从业者的参考书。
目录
Chapter 1 Introduction of Project Management 1
Reading Guide 1
Facing Digitization of Project Management 1
Case Guide 2
1 Knowledge Economy — Subversive Impacts on Project Management 3
2 Project Management under Knowledge Economy and Digital Internet Era 6
3 Talent,Innovation and Strategy in Project Management Future 11
3. 1 Talent and Project Management Educational Reform 11
3. 2 Strategy of Project Management Internet Era 12
3. 3 The Characteristics of Digital Economy 12
3. 4 Conclusion 14
4 Overall Accommodation to Updated Project Management 15
5 Conventional Project Management 17
5. 1 Project Life Cycle 17
5. 2 Scope,WBS,and SMART Principle 18
5. 3 Project Personnel and Organization 22
5. 4 Project Execution (Scheduling and Control) 27
6 Program Management 42
6. 1 Definition of Program Management 42
6. 2 Research Background of Program Management 43
6. 3 The Essence of Program Management 44
7 Portfolio Management 45
8 Challenges of Project Management in the Future 47
9 System Analysis and Structured Approach 51
Summary 53
Review Questions 53Homework 53
References 54
Chapter 2 Project Life Cycle Management 56
Reading Guide 56
Facing Digitization of Project Management 56
Case Guide 57
1 The Theory and Modeling of Project Overall Management 58
2 Project Initiation Phase 59
2. 1 Project Establishment and Planning 59
2. 2 Overall Consideration of Project Establishment 60
2. 3 Project Feasibility Analysis 61
2. 4 Project Decision-Making Trap 61
2. 5 Case Study 64
3 Project Solution Phase 65
3. 1 Project Bidding 65
3. 2 Project Tendering 67
3. 3 Award of Bid 68
3. 4 Project Solution 70
3. 5 Case Study 71
4 Project Implementation Phase 74
4. 1 Project Organization and Leadership 75
4. 2 Project Management Regulation and Process 75
4. 3 Management of Quality Standards and Other Technical Specifications 76
4. 4 Project Plan and Control Management 77
4. 5 Project Risk Management 77
5 Project Completion Phase 77
5. 1 The “Tailless”Finishing Process 78
5. 2 Project Self-Checking 78
5. 3 Project Acceptance 79
5. 4 Project Transferring 79
5. 5 Project Documentation Transfer 80
5. 6 Project Financial Audit and Cleaning 81
5. 7 Summarize Project Experience and Lessons 82
5. 8 Dissolution of the Project Team 84
5. 9 Post-Project Evaluation 85
6 Life Cycle Management under Internet 86
Summary 87
Review Questions 88
Homework 88
References 89
Chapter 3 Personnel and Organizations 90
Reading Guide 90
Facing Digitization of Project Management 90
Case Guide 91
1 Project Manager 93
1. 1 Project Manager's Responsibilities 93
1. 2 Personal Ability and Qualification of Project Manager 94
1. 3 Working Methods of Project Manager 96
1. 4 Project Manager Communication Skills 97
1. 5 Case Study 98
2 Project Team 99
2. 1 The Construction of Project Team 99
2. 2 Four Phases of Project Team Building 99
2. 3 The Characteristics of an Efficient Team 100
2. 4 Conflict and Resolution of Project Team Work 101
2. 5 Become a Member of a Successful Team 102
3 Project Organization 103
3. 1 Project Management Patterns 103
3. 2 Project Management Organization 107
3. 3 Case Study 108
4 Project Human Resource Management 110
4. 1 Human Resource Management and Personnel Management 110
4. 2 HR Management is an Organizational Behavior of the Enterprises 111
4. 3 Project Human Resource Management 112
4. 4 Project Cultural Management 114
4. 5 Project Team Management 121
4. 6 Case Study 123
5 Personnel and Organization Management under Internet Era 127
Summary 128
Review Questions 129
Homework 129
References 130
Chapter 4 Project Planning and Control 131
Reading Guide 131
Facing Digitization of Project Management 131
Case Guide 132
1 Project Scheduling 134
1. 1 Work Breakdown Structure 134
1. 2 Critical Path Method 136
1. 3 Program Evaluation and Review Technique 141
2 Project Control 143
2. 1 General Description 143
2. 2 Basic Content of Project Control 144
2. 3 Progress Control 147
2. 4 Cost Control 151
2. 5 Quality Control 158
3 Project Resource Management 162
3. 1 Introduction to Project Resource Management 162
3. 2 Targets and Requirements 162
3. 3 Contents of Project Resource Management 163
3. 4 Primary Criteria in Project Resource Management 169
3. 5 Typical Method of Project Resource Management 169
3. 6 Multi-Project Resource Management 171
4 Case Study 175
5 Project Scheduling and Control under Internet Era 178
5. 1 New Features of Process Control based on the “Internet AI” 180
5. 2 New Features of Resource Management Based on the “Internet AI” 182
5. 3 Strategies for Constructing New Paradigms 184
Summary 188
Review Questions 188
Homework 188
References 189
Chapter 5 Economic Analysis in Project Management 190
Reading Guide 190
Facing Digitization of Project Management 190
Case Guide 190
1 Basic Concepts of Project Economics 192
1. 1 Investment and Profit 192
1. 2 The Cost of Capital 193
1. 3 Time Value of Money 193
1. 4 Interest and Compound Interest 194
1. 5 Net Present Value 195
1. 6 Case Study 196
2 Discounted Cash Flow 198
2. 1 Concept of Cash Flow 198
2. 2 The Basic Elements of Cash Flow 198
2. 3 Cash Flow of Project Revenue and Expenditure 199
2. 4 Accumulated Cash Flow Chart 200
2. 5 Case Study 202
3 Profit of Investment 208
3. 1 Profit Introduction 208
3. 2 Payment Period and Payback Period of the Project 208
3. 3 Net Present Value Profit — Investment Ratio 208
3. 4 Discounted Cash Flow Rate of Return 209
3. 5 Project Installment Repayment 209
3. 6 Tax on Projects 210
3. 7 Case Study 213
4 Project Economic Analysis 214
4. 1 Project Manager's Business Philosophy 214
4. 2 Investment Decision Cases for Large Projects 216
5 Project Cost Management 220
5. 1 Introduction to Project Cost Management 220
5. 2 Resource Plan of Project 223
5. 3 Project Cost Estimation 224
5. 4 Project Cost Budget 226
5. 5 Project Cost Control 229
6 Earned Value Method Analysis and Applications 231
6. 1 Earned Value Method 231
6. 2 Relation between Cost and Schedule 232
6. 3 Graphic Analysis of Project Earned Value Method 233
7 Cost Management for Multiple Investment Projects 236
7. 1 Establishment of Multiproject Optimum Capital Allocation Model 236
7. 2 Establishment of Mathematical Model 239
7. 3 The Realization of Mathematical Model 239
7. 4 Case Study 240
8 Project Financial Management under Internet Era 243
8. 1 Project Financial and Cost Management under Internet Era 243
8. 2 The Existing Difficulties for Digital Cost Management 244
8. 3 Some Considerations in Digital Cost Management 245
8. 4 The Implementation of Digital Cost Management 246
Summary 249
Review Questions 250
Homework 251
References 252
Chapter 6 Project Risk Management 254
Reading Guide 254
Facing Digitization of Project Management 254
Case Guide 255
1 Introduction to Risk Management 257
1. 1 Definition of Risk 257
1. 2 Characteristics of Risk 257
1. 3 Risk Management 258
2 Risk Assessment 258
2. 1 Qualitative Assessment of Risk 258
2. 2 Quantitative Assessment of Risk 259
3 Risk Countermeasures 260
4 Qualitative Analysis of Risk 260
4. 1 Qualitative Analysis of Risk 260
4. 2 Case Study 262
4. 3 Project Decision and Trap 265
5 Apply Probability Theory to Quantitative Risk Decision Making 268
5. 1 Apply Probability Theory to Risk Management 269
5. 2 Weighted Sensitivity Venture Capital Decision 271
5. 3 Decision Tree Method 274
5. 4 Risk and Uncertainty — Monte Carlo Simulation 279
6 Use Fuzzy Set Theory to Make Risk Analysis Decisions 281
6. 1 Summary of Fuzzy Set Theory 281
6. 2 Fuzzy Set Project Risk Assessment 282
6. 3 Fuzzy Set Project Risk Decision 287
6. 4 Case Study 287
Summary 293
Review Questions 294
Homework 295
References 296
Chapter 7 Project Management under “Internet AI” Era and Knowledge Economy 297
Reading Guide 297
Facing Digitization of Project Management 297
Case Guide 298
1 Two Types of Economy and Their Characteristics 299
2 Business Mode Internet Era and Knowledge Economy 302
3 Sustainable Development of Successful Enterprise under Knowledge Economy 305
4 Case Study 313
5 Program of Studies on Project Management under Digital Era and Knowledge Economy 316
6 Expert System for Aircraft Structural Design 318
6. 1 On AI and Expert System for Structural Design 318
6. 2 Production System and Inference Network 320
6. 3 The Building of Expert System for Aircraft Structural Design 322
7 “Internet AI”based Engineering Application Systems 326
7. 1 Background Information 326
7. 2 The AI exploration for Application Systems 327
8 PMO under Internet Era 328
Summary 332
Review Questions 334
Homework 334
References 335
Chapter 8 Project Management under VUCA Era 337
Reading Guide 337
Facing Digitization of Project Management 337
Case Guide 338
1 The Essentials of Quantity in VUCA Era 339
2 General Methodology of Problem Solution under VUCA Era 340
3 Solution of Chinese Philosophical Thinking in VUCA Era 341
4 Taiji Logic for Project Governance 343
5 Using new VUCA against conventional VUCA 345
Summary 346
Review Questions 347
Homework 347
References 348
Conclusive Remarks for 2nd Edition 349
Index 351