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Project Management’s Effect On Production Costs In Shipbuilding Industry

By the beginning of the twenty first century, the perception to project management has changed. Once upon a time project management considered to be more appropriate for any kind of organization, however nowadays is recognized as a necessity in order to survival of organization. Organizations, not adopting project management, has started to support it furthermore. In ever changing environment and rapid changing technology based. During the past decade, management’s knowledge and understanding of project management has matured to the point where almost every company and industry is using project management in one form or other. Shipbuilding industry all over the World has been facing the change of wind for a while. Shipbuilding companies in the World have come to the realization that project management and productivity are related. Executives will be facing increasingly complex challenges during the next decade. These challenges will be the result of high escalation factors for salaries and raw materials, increased union demands pressure from stockholders and the possibility of long term, high inflation accompanied by a mild recession and lack of borrowing power with financial institutions. These environmental conditions have existed before, but not to the degree that they do today. Almost all of today’s executives are in agreement that the solution to the majority of corporate problems involves obtaining better control and use of existing corporate resources. Project management is one of the techniques now under consideration. Years ago project management was confined to U.S. Department of Defense between contractors and construction companies. Nowadays, the concept behind project management is being applied in such diverse industries and organizations as defense, construction, shipbuilding, etc..

In the Project, project management and project planning, one of which is principal component of management and organization, along with project stages and processes by studying are examined in carried out Shipbuilding Industry.

In the second section, Scientific and Project Management approaches are examined and project management’s relation with the other management methods are presented. Moreover, the characteristics of project and project management concepts and basic functions of project management are described. stages of project management and project life curve, project stakeholder and project organization structures inseparable factors of the project, are examined. Defining, planning, implementation, control and termination of project management to be imported factors in the success of the project are examined in detail and importance of the organizational structure in projects in mentioned

In the third section, Project integration, scope, cost time, quality, human resource, communication, risk and procurement methods to be processes of project management are examined. Besides in sub sections of each sections are analyzed as a system understanding. The factors determining the successes in project management are examined. CPM technique that tools are project planning and controlling in the project management are examined.

In the fourth section, work breakdown structures, project cost, components of cost, task matrix, task permission, work lists, earned value, variance analysis; terms on payment in ship construction industry are examined.

Accordingly, in order to conclude the project in successfully way, along with detailed planning, a good implementation a control mechanism at the first, also the mentioned management processes have effects. Therefore project management processes are gaining in value day by day. Nowadays at global competition, along with effective systems and right conducting knowledge areas such as project management, so Turkish Shipbuilding Industry will leap a point where it can sustain its growth systematically.