A comparison of project management models in Chinese and in international oil service companies

Abstract

This master thesis is composed of five main parts. Chapter one state the background of research regarding project management and the necessity of project management models comparison between in China and international corporations. Besides, the origin and the development of the project management method is stated in Chapter one. The definition and the characteristics of project management is discussed in chapter two, further, the process including project initiation, project planning, project monitoring and the closure of the project as well as the nine knowledge areas which are covering cost, time, human resource, quality control and procurement are stated here also. In chapter three, the project management comparison is conducted between international and Chinese engineering corporations in these aspects which are covering salary, training, law related to project management, organizations etc. Also, the common and new project management models are discussed also. A case of project management in Chinese oil service limited corporations is presented in Chapter four, after the comparison, the conclusion which is stated in chapter five, integrating with the reality we should apply PMC and portfolio model PMC+Partnering model.