There is a book called Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry: A World System Approach from CRC Press in 2013, to which I contributed Chapter 6, on critical path drag and drag cost. The book is a 750-page tome, and I have not read anything in it except my own chapter. But it looks as though it might be useful to someone whose fulltime job is in oil and gas.
But if all you are interested in is my chapter, it is actually a reprint of this article in Defense AT&L Magazine that you can download on-line for free:
If what you are primarily interested in is either value control or earned value management and control, then I'd recommend ordering my new book Managing Projects as Investments: Earned Value to Business Value also from CRC Press to be released in ten days. It contains two chapters on earned value of which I'm kinda proud -- I think they cover, in succinct fashion, both basic and advanced metrics, their benefits, shortcomings, and how to improve their implementation.
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16 years 3 monthstypically there are three
typically there are three major categories of work that fall under the Project Controls umbrella which are:
estimating
scheduling
cost control
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11 years 3 monthsHi JamesI also wanted to
Hi James
I also wanted to order this book, but hesitated after reading these reviews: http://www.amazon.com/Project-Management-Oil-Gas-Industry/dp/1420094254
It seems to not help a whole lot specific for oil and gas project management.
Did you order the book and what is your view on it ?
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18 years 2 monthsthank you Stephen, that's
thank you Stephen, that's exactly the sort of stuff I'm looking for!
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20 years 7 monthsHi, James.There is a book
Hi, James.
There is a book called Project Management for the Oil and Gas Industry: A World System Approach from CRC Press in 2013, to which I contributed Chapter 6, on critical path drag and drag cost. The book is a 750-page tome, and I have not read anything in it except my own chapter. But it looks as though it might be useful to someone whose fulltime job is in oil and gas.
http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781420094251?source=crcpress.com&…
But if all you are interested in is my chapter, it is actually a reprint of this article in Defense AT&L Magazine that you can download on-line for free:
http://www.dau.mil/pubscats/ATL%20Docs/Jan_Feb_2012/Devaux.pdf
If what you are primarily interested in is either value control or earned value management and control, then I'd recommend ordering my new book Managing Projects as Investments: Earned Value to Business Value also from CRC Press to be released in ten days. It contains two chapters on earned value of which I'm kinda proud -- I think they cover, in succinct fashion, both basic and advanced metrics, their benefits, shortcomings, and how to improve their implementation.
http://www.crcpress.com/product/isbn/9781482212709
Good luck.
Fraternally in project management,
Steve the Bajan