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BS PD6079-4(2006) : 2006

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PROJECT MANAGEMENT - PART 4: GUIDE TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2006

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Project management in the construction industry
   4.1 General
   4.2 The construction industry and construction industry
         projects
   4.3 Projects and project management
5 The project management plan (PMP)
   5.1 General
   5.2 Quality management in projects
   5.3 The components of a project management system
   5.4 Project processes
   5.5 Hierarchy of plans
6 Scope definition and scope-related processes
   6.1 General
   6.2 Inception - Client requirements and constraints
   6.3 Stakeholder requirements and constraints
   6.4 Feasibility evaluation and the project brief
   6.5 Scope development and control
   6.6 Work breakdown structure
   6.7 Control of activities
   6.8 Change management
   6.9 Configuration management
7 Project organization structure
   7.1 General
   7.2 Internal client project organization
   7.3 Project organization
   7.4 Management authority
   7.5 Communication
   7.6 Contractual relationships
   7.7 Resource management
8 The project lifecycle
   8.1 General
   8.2 Project phases
   8.3 Control points
9 The product delivery process
   9.1 General
   9.2 Initiation
   9.3 Feasibility
   9.4 Outline design
   9.5 Scheme design
   9.6 Detailed design
   9.7 Mobilization
   9.8 Construction
   9.9 Commissioning
   9.10 Handover and completion
10 Regulatory and enabling processes
   10.1 General
   10.2 Design principles and materials standards
   10.3 Client and project-specific third-party approval
   10.4 Standard operating policies
   10.5 Funding
   10.6 Management of regulatory and enabling processes
11 Project management control processes
   11.1 General
   11.2 Management responsibility
   11.3 Resource management
   11.4 Time-related processes
   11.5 Cost-related processes
   11.6 Communication-related processes
   11.7 Risk-related processes
   11.8 Procurement-related processes
   11.9 Project and process closure
   11.10 Measurement, analysis and improvement
Annexes
Annex A (informative) Examples of project organization
                      structures
Annex B (informative) Project lifecycles
Annex C (informative) Published standards
Bibliography

Guides to project management in the construction industry in its broadest sense. Also deals with the construction process from inception through to handover of the completed facility to the owner, occupier or operator.

Committee
MS/2
DevelopmentNote
To be read in conjunction with BS 6079-1(2002). (08/2006) Supersedes 05/30112014 DC (09/2006) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, March 2013. (03/2013)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
82
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

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