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- A Comparative Analysis of the Cost Estimating Error Risk Associated With Flyaway Costs Versus Individual Components of Aircraft
- The purpose of this research is to investigate and measure the risks associated with taking a macro versus micro approach to aircraft cost estimation. By analyzing the fidelity of a cost estimate developed at the flyaway cost level versus a cost estimate developed at the individual components level, this research...
- White papers 2003-03-01
- Telecommunications Corporation: Gaining Financial Flexibility and Agility in a Dynamic Market
- With the telecommunications industry in the midst of radical change, one of the world's leading providers examined ways to improve its performance. It faced challenge - and opportunity - characterized by weak economic conditions, dramatic technological innovation and competitive pressures. With the telco's help, EDS introduced its proven work breakdown...
- Case studies
- Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Codes
- Work breakdown structure codes are alphanumeric codes that identify each task's unique place in the outline structure of your project. WBS codes can be used for reporting schedules and tracking costs. There are two types of WBS codes in Microsoft Office Project: outline numbers and custom WBS codes. Outline numbers...
- White papers
- Work Breakdown Structure
- This template helps you analyze and divide your project into work packages and dependencies and show their relationship and workflow in visual form. Creating this important project management tool is easy when you use this template.
- Tools & templates
- Planning A Project Using A Work Breakdown Structure & Logic Network
- Projects don't just happen they are planned. The whole project team should develop the plan not just the project manager. This ensures that the teams' experiences are taken into account and that everyone is fully committed and has ownership of the plan. Running a project without a plan is foolish....
- White papers 2008-09-10
Additional Resources
- Techniques for Project Initiation IV
- For the project initiation the first thing involved is creating a framework. A key factor to getting a project off the ground is the development of a structured approach toward identifying the work scope and timing for the work. If we define the process of project planning and control...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Is this a "Blind Date" Project?
- The article is a live example of the happenings that take place during the project. Now as the project progresses, the PM is not blind to what's happening until it's too late. Project managers who plan projects in this manner can solve small problems early rather than face big problems...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Estimate Activity Duration
- Estimating activity duration accurately is important to the success of any project. You and your team estimate the various requirements of cost, time, and resources throughout your project. Although activity duration estimation looks at the time it takes to complete the entire project, activity duration estimation is dependent on other...
- White papers
- Managing Complex Projects Is Not A Simple Matter
- Key practices of traditional project management are based on the concept of reductionism, which holds that complex entities may be better understood by reducing them to their simpler constituents. For instance, a Work Breakdown Structure WBS decomposes a complex project into the deliverables that must be created to meet the...
- White papers 2008-02-01
- The Five Dumbest Things a Project Manager Can Say: Words That Always Come Back to Haunt Us
- The article follows a project and its Project managerPM through the lifecycle, and finds out some all too frequent mistakes and the consequences of them. The article, after recognizing that the front-end planning may have had a few flaws, dives into the work breakdown structure with a vengeance. It lists...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Use Data Stored In Other File Formats When Building A Project Plan
- As a project manager, you may need to integrate data from different programs into your Microsoft Office Project plans. For example, you may start out listing your Work Breakdown Structure WBS tasks in a Microsoft Office Excel table. Or, your company may keep resource information, such as names and billing...
- White papers
- How To Avoid Project Failure Through Project Planning And Effective Project Recovery
- Project failure is preventable with good project planning based on a well-constructed deliverables-based Work Breakdown Structure and proper controls. However, once a project starts to fail, there are techniques to recognize it, minimize the extent of the project failure and make the project recovery as successful as possible. There may...
- White papers 2008-05-05
- Project Management: Cost Estimating Formats
- Completion of a task list has established the basis for project cost estimating. When the estimates have been collected they will contain a large amount of data. These data should be presented in a format that will allow easy reference, detailed analysis and extension into total amounts - whether for...
- White papers 2007-02-21
- Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you [operator instructions]. Your first question is from Ageline M. Sedita with Lehman Brothers. Ageline M. Sedita - Lehman Brothers Thanks. First glad to see the quarterly special dividends certainly are positive. The question, your thoughts of John on the jackup of market...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- NEXEN INC. Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question is from Brian Singer from Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead. Brian Singer - Goldman Sachs Thank you. Good morning. Could you speak more to your weather drilling plans for the BC shale play? Were...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- Take-Two F3Q07 (Qtr End 7/31/07) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionInstructions) Our first question comes from Heath Terry - Credit Suisse. Heath Terry - Credit Suisse Lainie, of the 35 titles that you mentioned in development, can you give us a breakdown on where those fall, even roughly, between the two fiscal years and which labels we...
- Earnings calls 2007-09-10
- AU Optronics Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator [Operator Instructions]. Your first question comes from the line of Andrew Abrahams from Avian Securities. Please proceed. Andrew Abrahams - Avian Securities Hi, congratulations on an excellent quarter. And I was wondering if you could give a little more detail on...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-22
- Planning Growth Strategies for Your Small Business
- The most successful approach to growth is an integrated one. The business owner and management team must examine all functions of the enterprise to ensure they are working together to reap the benefits of expansion. Suppose a successful new sales promotion strategy designed by the marketing department has attracted many...
- Articles 2007-05-29
- MGIC Investment Corporation Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Howard Shapiro. Howard Shapiro - Fox-Pitt Kelton Hi, a couple of questions. Given your new loss guidance for 2008, have you had any discussions with the rating agencies, are they still comfortable with...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-18
- Whirlpool Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We'll take our first question from Michael Rehaut, J.P. Morgan. Michael Rehaut - J.P. Morgan Hi, good morning. A couple of questions. First, just focusing on the share trends for the quarter, were those within the expectations that you had going into the quarter and...
- Earnings calls 2007-07-20
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