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Cost control for increased productivity in an engineering project environment

M.Ing. / Project cost control constitutes one of the three most important aspects in managing a project effectively. The other two items are time and quality. In order to control the cost aspect of a project as effectively as possible, up-to-date information is needed. This points to a properly integrated cost control system that simultaneously supports all the needs of project management. Fortunately in todays engineering environment, information systems have evolved to such a level that simultaneous support to all aspects of project management is achievable. It is the goal of this thesis to investigate how to do proper cost control and status reporting in the correct manner and as effectively as possible by making use of modern information systems in order to increase to productivity levels of organisations. Ways in which the cost controlling process can be integrated with the status reporting process will be investigated. A case study will be done in the author's own project engineering environment and improvements to the process will be made in order to increase productivity levels in the author's working environment.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:2647
Date17 August 2012
CreatorsDirker, H.G.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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