Acknowledgements
The author and publishers acknowledge with thanks all the individuals and organizations whose contributions were vital in the preparation of this book.
Particular acknowledgement is given to the following four contributors:
Oracle and Milestone Ltd., for providing the description of their highly regarded Primavera P6 computer software package.
David Shannon, for writing the chapter on project governance.
Clive Robinson of Trimble Solutions Corporation, for contributing the description and procedures for BIM.
Graham Collins from UCL, for providing the description of Agile Project Management.
The author would also like to thank the following for their help and cooperation.
The Association for Project Management (APM) for permission to reproduce excerpts from their publication A Guide to Conducting Integrated Baseline Reviews, Directing Change: A Guide to Governance of Project Management and The APM Body of Knowledge.
The National Economic Development Office for permission to reproduce the relevant section of their report ‘Engineering Construction Performance Mechanical & Electrical Engineering Construction, EDC, NEDO December 1976’.
Foster Wheeler Power Products Ltd. for assistance in preparing the text and manuscripts and permission to utilize the network diagrams of some of their contracts.
Mr. Tony Benning, my coauthor of Procurement in the Process Industry, for permission to include texts from that book.
British Standards Institution for permission to reproduce extracts from BS 6079-1-10 [Project Management Life Cycle and BS5499-10-2006 (Safety Signs)].
British standards can be obtained in PDF or hard copy formats from the BSI online shop: www.bsigroup.com/Shop or by contacting BSI customer services for hard copies: Tel: +44 (0)20 8996 9001, Email: [email protected].
A.P. Watt for permission to quote the first verse of Rudyard Kipling’s poem, ‘The Elephant’s Child’.
Daimler Chrysler for permission to use their diagram of the Mercedes-Benz 190 car.
The Automobile Association for the diagram of a typical motor car engine.
Mrs. Mary Willis for her agreement to use some of the diagrams in the chapters on Risk and Quality Management.
Jane Walker and University College London for permission to include diagrams in the chapters on Project Context, Leadership and Negotiations.
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