Project management. a common sense guide to the PMBOK / by Marion, James W., PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…-- 4.1 Time: activities and deliverables -- 4.2 Putting things in order -- 4.3 From simple, to complex -- 4.4 Activity on arrow: a different type of network diagram -- 4.5 Analyzing project duration using a network diagram -- 4.6 The forward pass -- 4.7 Forward pass with merging activities -- 4.8 The backward pass -- 4.9 Activity slack -- 4.10 CPM and sensitivity -- 4.11 Building the estimated PERT schedule -- 4.12 The PERT network diagram -- 4.13 The weighted average and the project average -- 4.14 The normal curve and probability -- 4.15 Units of project time and probability -- 4.16 Measuring standard deviations -- 4.17 Using the Z table -- 4.18 Approximating probabilities -- 4.19 The "50 percent rule" -- 4.20 Converting schedule time units to standard deviations -- 4.21 The significance of the project mean -- 4.22 Determining the project standard deviation -- 4.23 Variance calculations -- 4.24 Practical use of PERT analysis -- 4.25 An additional number to remember -- 4.26 Recalling the PERT analysis sequence -- 4.27 PERT versus Monte Carlo analysis -- 4.28 The schedule duration and resource limitations -- 4.29 The critical chain -- 4.30 Further conflicts and additional delays -- 4.31 Impact of conflict resolution -- 4.32 Schedule optimization -- 4.33 Schedule precedence impact -- 4.34 Cost: what funding will be required to complete the project? …”
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The process of enterprise risk management / by Oh, Kok-Boon, PALCI EBSCO books

Table of Contents: “…Mean-Variance Space (Standard Deviation); 3.4.1. Volatility and Expected Returns; 3.4.1.1. …”
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