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Bibliography of Scheduling

Bibliography
The following is a bibliography of the important works in the field of scheduling.

It has been developed by James J. O'Brien, our VP of Education & Training, with input from other members. This is intended to be a dynamic document. We invite our members to suggest additional books and papers.

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Books:

Archibald & Villoria, "Network-Based Management Systems (PERT/CPM)," John Wiley & Sons, 1967
Associated General Contractors, "Construction Planning and Scheduling," AGC, 1999
Bent & Humphreys, "Effective Project Management through Applied Cost and Schedule Control," Dekker, 1996
Bramble & Callahan, "Construction Delay Claims," John Wiley, 2dE 1992
Clark, The Gantt Chart, Ronald, 1922
Dreger, "Project Management: Effective Scheduling," Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992
Feigenbaum, "Construction Scheduling with Primavera Project Planner," Prentice Hall, 1998
Fleming, Brown, and Humphreys, "Project and Production Scheduling," Probus Publishing, 1987
Fondahl, "A Noncomputer Approach to the Critical Path Method for the Construction Industry," Stanford, 1962
Fondahl, "Networking Techniques for Project Planning, Schedule and Control: Handbook of Construction Management and Organization," Stanford, 1973
Kerzner, "Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling and Controlling," Wiley, 1998
Lewis, "Project Planning, Scheduling & Control," McGraw Hill, 1995
Lumsden, "The Line of Balance," Permagon Press, Oxford, London, 1968
Maynard (ed), "Industrial Engineering Handbook," pp. 7-36, "The Gantt Chart," Mrs. Wallace Clark 1963
Miller, "Schedule, Cost and Profit Control with PERT," McGraw-Hill, 1963
Mirth & Thompson, "Industrial Scheduling," Prentice Hall, 1963
Moder & Phillips, "Project Management with CPM, PERT and Precedence Programming," 2dE 1983
Muller, Kavanagh & O'Brien, "Construction Management: A Professional Approach," McGraw-Hill, 1978
NASA, "NASA PERT and Companion Cost Guide," NASA, 1962
NASA, "NASA PERT in Facilities Project Management," NASA, 1965
NASA, "NASA PERT and Companion Cost Guide Handbook," NASA, October, 1962
O'Brien (ed), "Standard Handbook of Heavy Construction," McGraw-Hill, 3dE 1996, Chapter 3 "Construction Planning and Scheduling," (Caldwell)
O'Brien, "Management Information Systems," Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1970
O'Brien, "Construction Documentation," Joshua Wiley, 3dE 1995
O'Brien, "Scheduling Handbook," McGraw-Hill, 1969, reissued as "Classic Handbook"
O'Brien & Plotnick, "CPM in Construction Management" McGraw-Hill, 5thE 1999
O'Brien, "CPM in Construction Management" McGraw-Hill, 1965; 2dE 1971; 3dE 1984; 4thE 1993
O'Brien & Zilly, "Contractor's Management Handbook," McGraw-Hill, 1971, Chapter 7 "Critical Path Method" (Kreitzberg & Radcliffe); 2dE 1991, Chapter 10 "Scheduling," (O'Brien)
Patrick, "Finite Capacity Scheduling: Management, Selection and Implementation," Wiley, 2000
Pickavance, Keith “Delay and Disruption in Construction Contracts” (3rd Ed), LLP Informa, 2005
Pickavance Consulting and Fenwick-Elliott, “The PFE Change Management Supplements”, Pickavance Consulting Ltd, 2003
Popescu, "Project Planning, Scheduling and Control in Construction: An Encyclopedia of Terms and Applications," Wiley, 1995
Roesch & Volkmann, "Bau-Projeckt Management," Rudolf Mueller, 1994
Shafter, Ritter, and Meyer, "The Critical Path Method," McGraw-Hill, 1965
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regulations ER-1-1-11, "Network Analysis Systems," U.S. Army, 1963; 2dE 1973; 3dE 1985
U.S. Department of Defense, "DOD-NASA PERT-Cost Guide," U.S. DOD, June 1962
U.S. Department of Defense, "Schedule Guide for Program Managers," Defense Systems Management College Press, 1994
U.S. Navy, Office of Material, "Line of Balance Technology," U.S. Navy, 1962
US Army Corps of Engineers, "Modification Impact Guide EP415-1-3," U.S. Army, 1979
Veterans Administration, "VA CPM Handbook," Veterans Administration, 1989
Waldron, "Applied Principles of Project Planning and Control," A. James Waldron, 1968
Wattel (ed), "Network Scheduling and Control Systems," Hofstra, 1964
White, Glenn L., "The Use of CPM in Construction: A Manual for General Contractors," Associated General Contractors of America, 1965; 2dE 1976
White, Glenn L., "Cost Control and CPM in Construction," AGC, 1968; 2dE 1976
Wickwire, Driscoll, and Hurlbut, "Construction Scheduling: Preparation, Liability and Claims," John Wiley, 1991
Wickwire, Walstad, Asselin, and Kasimer, "Project Scheduling and Construction Claims, a Practical Handbook," A. James Waldron Enterprises, 1975
Woolf, “Faster Construction Projects with CPM Scheduling,” McGraw Hill, 2007

Articles/Papers:

Burgess & Killebrew, "Variation in Activity Level on a Cyclic Arrow Diagram," Journal of Industrial Engineering, March-April 1962
Davis, "Resource Allocation in Project Network Models: A Survey," Journal of Industrial Engineering, pp. 177-187, April 1966
DeWitte, "Manpower Leveling of PERT Networks," Data Processing for Science/Engineering, March-April 1964
Kelley and Walker, "Critical Path Planning and Scheduling," Proceedings of the Eastern Joint Computer Conference, 1959
Kelley, "Critical Path Planning and Scheduling Mathematical Basis, " Operations Research, pp. 296-320, May-June 1961
Lambourn, "RAMPS: A New Tool in Planning and Control," The Computer Journal, vol. 5, no. 4., pp. 300-304, January 1963
Levy, Thompson, and Wiest, "Multi-ship Multi-shop Workload Smoothing Program," Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, March 1963
D.G. Malcomb, J. H. Roseboom, C.E., Clark, and W. Fazar, "Application of a Technique for Research and Development Program Evaluation," Operations Research, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 646-699, 1959
Moshmann, Johnson, and Larsen, "RAMPS: Technique for Resource Allocation and Multi-project Scheduling," Proceedings of the Job Computer Conference, Spring 1963
O'Brien, "Critical Path Engineering," Midwest Engineer, pp. 6-7, March 1965
O'Brien, "Project Scheduling: The Second Generation," Machine Design, pp. 172-181 April 1965
O'Brien, "RPSM: A Way to Schedule Equipment and Manpower," Contractors and Engineers, April 1965
O'Brien, Berman, and Gleason, "CPM for Turnarounds," Hydrocarbon Processing and Petroleum Refiner, pp. 133-138, February 1964
Pickavance, Keith and Anders Axelson, “An English Perspective on Delay and its Management”, Construction Claims on-line, 2005
Pickavance, Keith, “Putting the Protocol into practice – is it what the industry wants?”, Society of Construction Law, September 2004
Pickavance, Keith, "Calculation of a reasonable time to complete when time is at large", International Construction Law Review, vol 2, 2006
Pickavance, Keith, Dr Julian Critchlow, Alastair Farr, Steve Briggs, John Hammond, and Professor Anthony Lavers, “The Great Delay analysis debate” Society of Construction Law, March 2006
Phillips, "Fifteen Key Features of Computer Programs for CPM and PERT," Journal of Industrial Engineering, January-February 1964
Pritsker and Happ, "Graphical Evaluation and Review Technique," Journal of Industrial Engineering, May 1966
Special Projects Office, Bureau of Naval Ordinance PERT Summary Report: Phase I and Phase II, Navy Department, 1958
Wickwire & Ockman, "Use of Critical Path Method on Contract Claims - 2000," 19 Construction Lawyer, No. 4, October, 1999
Wickwire & Smith, "The Use of Critical Path Method Technologies in Contract Claims," 7 Public Contract Law Journal, 1974
Wickwire, Hurlbut & Lerman, "Use of Critical Path Techniques in Contract Claims Issues and Developments 1974 to 1988," 18 Public Contract Law Journal 1989