BS 6046-1:1984

Foreword
Committees responsible
Guide
0. General introduction
Section one. General
1. Scope
2. Basic relationships, organizational and cost
     factors
2.1 Project initiation and client/contractor
     relationship
2.2 Pre-contract preparations (project feasibility/
     definition)
2.3 Project management, planning and control
2.4 Corporate and project management structures
2.5 Project review, reporting and communications
2.6 Project cost factors and improvement potential
Section two. Organization and management of projects
3. General
4. Project types and features
4.1 Project pattern
4.2 Project phases
4.3 Project categories
4.4 Environments
5. Project organizations
5.1 General
5.2 Organizational environments in which project teams
     are built up
5.3 Methods by which projects are staffed
5.4 Factors to be considered when developing a project
     organization
5.5 Example of project organization
5.6 Large project management organization
5.7 Simple organization for project control
6. Project management
6.1 General
6.2 Principles
6.3 Management groups
6.4 Aims of a project manager
6.5 Stages in setting up and managing a project
7. Project objectives
8. Modes of operation for planning and control
     procedures
8.1 General
8.2 Project management procedures
8.3 Basic factors
8.4 Communications
9. Contract conditions
10. Familiarization and training
Section three. Project planning documentation and
procedures
11. General
12. Planning the project
12.1 Assessment of available data and preliminary
     planning
12.2 Project breakdown
12.3 Work packages
12.4 Project organization
12.5 Structure of networks
12.6 Preparation of programmes and budgets
12.7 Final planning stages prior to project start
12.8 Planning and programming checklists
13. Planning the project review systems
13.1 General
13.2 Factors related to the use of networks for project
     control
13.3 Preparation of networks
13.4 Computing
13.5 Coding
13.6 Review procedures
13.7 Summary of documentation and training requirements
     to aid project control
Section four. Review procedures for project coordination
and control
14. General
15. Project review cycle
16. Data collection
17. Project monitoring
18. Updating
19. Analyses
20. Project management decisions, their ratification
     and implementation
Section five. Reporting documentation and procedures
21. General
22. Data tables
23. Charts, networks and graphical presentations
23.1 General
23.2 Bar charts
23.3 Networks
23.4 Graphical presentations
23.5 Special presentations
24. Written reports
Appendices
A. Corporate and project authority structures within
     an organization
B. Typical project environments
C. Example of planning and programming checklist
D. Examples of typical data tables
Figures
1. Typical project management procedures
2. Example of project organization
3. Example of a large project management (support
     group) organization
4. Simple organization for project control
5. Project management groups
6. Stages of project management action for a typical
     design/construction project
7. Comparison of project aspects related to the past
     and the future
8. Inputs and outputs when planning the work of a
     project section
9. Functional breakdown
10. Project breakdown
11. Work package environment
12. Example of network structure
13. Project calendars
14. Project review cycle
15. Updating procedures
16. Work progress considerations
17. Computer updating
18. Typical forms of communication loop
19. Example of bar chart showing resources and related
     histogram
20. Examples of slip charts suitable for management
21. Typical S-curves and related data tables showing
     current status and plan
22. Specimen content of a typical construction progress
     report

Covers the principal aspects and organization for project management, as distinct from general management, from conception to completion of various types of projects. Emphasizes the importance of pre-contract preparation, organization and cost factors in the project definition phase and the need for adequate planning of the review and reporting procedures for the project control phase.