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Conference Paper Scheduling, Estimating, Work Breakdown Structures 11 May 2015

Scheduling optimization with line of balance and start-finish relations / Ricardo Viana Vargas, Felipe Fernandes Moreira.

By Vargas, Ricardo Viana | Moreira, Felipe Fernandes The start-finish relationship between activities are often misunderstood; partly due to the lack of understanding regarding the true meaning of logical relationships. This paper, which has the…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures 29 October 2013

The ABC basics of the WBS Paul Burek.

By Burek, Paul The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is widely used by project managers and stakeholders, yet the purpose and content of this important tool is widely misunderstood. Offering a clear definition of the…

Conference Paper Agile, Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures 29 October 2013

Deliver better, faster and leaner projects

By Leduc, Guy-Bruno | De Grace, Benoit In 2011-2012, PMC used lean project management techniques to help Ultima Foods deliver a very ambitious project, winning the PMI Montreal Chapter's Project of the Year Award 2012 and numerous awards…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures, Information Technology 23 October 2012

How to tame a gorilla program

By Uyttewaal, Eric | Rusnak, Al This article discusses the scheduling of a new product development program at SanDisk, a major designer of Flash Storage products. The program had about 5,000 tasks broken down into eight…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures 23 October 2012

See queues

By Loving, Steve A queue is best known to most of us as a line or, more to the point, waiting in line. Examples are everywhere and often frustratingly so. This paper focuses on finding queues and watching queues…

Article Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures December 2010

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Endangered species

By Patterson, Dan In the wake of the recent global economic downturn, organizations worldwide have scaled back their operations and reduced funding for many critical business activities. One practice that has often…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Agile, Risk Management, Work Breakdown Structures, SCRUM 12 October 2010

Agile project management mastery in sixty minutes, guaranteed!

By Stenbeck, John Based on the successes that software development project managers have realized as a result of implementing agile, project managers in all industries are increasingly adopting agile techniques and…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures 13 October 2009

Scheduling 101--the basic of best practices

By Jones, Elden F. Project success begins with well-developed plans. And a crucial element of any project plan is the project schedule. This paper examines the essential components constituting a project schedule. In…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Strategy, Work Breakdown Structures 19 October 2008

No project left behind

By Duke, Roger | Gupta, Surenda By volunteering to work on community projects, project professionals can help others understand how projects can shape communal life and how project management can help individuals achieve goals.…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structures, Quality Management, Cost Management, Scope Management 19 October 2008

Moving from the WBS to a critical path schedule

By Jones, Charles The work breakdown structure (WBS) not only enables project managers to develop a project's activity sequences, but also serves as the basis for developing a project team's critical path, from which…