The impact of time on project management

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The Impact of Time on Project Management

Seminar Paper „Wettbewerbsfaktor Zeit“
Summer Term 2002
University of Economics and Business Administration Vienna

Gottfried Rudorfer

Yordan Serbezov

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1. Summary

This paper shows the criterion "time" on during the performance of projects. A very important aspect of project management is time managment.

Key Words

Time, Competitive Factor, Project Managemenet

2. Introduction

This seminar paper is showing the "time" in his characteristics becoming a competitive factor when running and performing projects.
This seminar paper is showing practical project management experience of the authors.
We will first define the terms "project" and "project management" and then we will describe how to deal with the competitive factor "time" in projects.
Then we will highlight some of possible risks when there is no adherence to the factor "time".
Finally we will show how time management is embedded into the overall methodology of project management.

Please find here the complete Seminar Paper and Powerpoint Presentation (available in German language only).

3. Commented Link-List to the topic „The Impact of Time on Project Management“

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1.    DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V., DIN 69900, Teil 1, Netzplantechnik-Begriffe, August 1991.

Diese Norm legt die Begriffe der Netzplantechnik fest.

2.    DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V., DIN 69900, Teil 2, Netzplantechnik-Darstellungs­techniken, August 1987

Diese Norm legt die Darstellungstechniken der Netzplantechnik fest.

3.    DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V., DIN 69901, Projektmanagement, August 1987

Diese Norm legt die Begriffe des Projektmanagements fest.

4.    Deutsche Gesellschaft für Projektmanagement e.V. (Hrsg.), Projektmanagement-Fachmann, 2 Bände, Rationalisierungs-Kuratorium der Deutschen Wirt­schaft (RKW), 3. Auflage, 1998

Basisliteratur für die Zertifizierung zum Projektmanagement-Fachmann

5.The Boston Consulting Group, Zeitwettbewerb, http://www.bcg.de/bcg_deutschland/geschichte/klassiker/zeitwettbewerb.aspx

Artikel über den Einfluss der Zeit auf den Wettbewerb.  Lokale Kurzfassung

6. Horst Geschka, Wettbewerbsfaktor Zeit - Beschleunigung von Innovationsprozessen, http://www.geschka.de/

Buch zu unserem Seminartema. Lokale Kurzfassung

7. The Standish Group International Inc., The Chaos Report, http://www.standishgroup.com/sample_research/chaos_1994_1.php, 1994

Empirische Untersuchung über Projekte in den USA, 1994.

8. The Standish Group International Inc., CHAOS: A Recipe for Success, http://www.standishgroup.com/sample_research/chaos1998.pdf, 1998

Empirische Untersuchung über Projekte in den USA, 1998.

9. The Standish Group International Inc., Unfinished Voyages - A Follow-Up to the
CHAOS Report http://www.standishgroup.com/sample_research/unfinished_voyages_1.php, 1999

Empirische Untersuchung über Projekte in den USA, 1999.

10. PMI Standards Committee, A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, http://www.pmi.org/, 1996

Das internationale Basiswissen des Project Management Institutes.

11. Project Management Austria, PM Baseline, http://www.p-m-a.at/en/20100921544/Literaturempfehlungen/pm-baseline-html-version.html

Projektmanagement-Basiswissen der Project Management Austria

12. Andreas Kitz, Projekthandbuch, http://www.projekthandbuch.de/examples/critpath.htm

Beispiel zum kritischen Pfad in einem Projektplan