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Project Management Journal
A Study of the Critical Chain Project Management Method Applied to a Multiproject System
In 1997, Eliyahu Goldratt proposed a method called critical chain project management (CCPM) to minimize the inefficiencies identified in traditional project management. The project management…
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Project Management Journal
A hybrid approach to quantitative software project scheduling within agile frameworks
In this article, the authors focus on the quantitative project scheduling problem in IT companies that apply the agile management philosophy and scrum, in particular. The authors combine…
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Project Management Journal
PERT scheduling with resource constraints using qualitative simulation graphs
The Qualitative Simulation Graph Methodology (QSGM) is well suited to address the Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) scheduling-with-resources problem. In QSGM, all possible scenarios…
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Project Management Journal
An efficient approximation for project composite learning curves
The project manager is responsible for providing an accurate project schedule estimate to all parties involved in a new project. To improve the accuracy of such schedules, especially for programs…
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Project Management Journal
Scheduling of programs with repetitive projects
The Line of Balance (LOB) technique is a tool that presents actual progress versus planned progress of projects that manufacture or construct repetitive projects.The four steps to the LOB…
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Project Management Journal
Project team training
Initiating projects that solve the right project problems requires a team well trained in problem-solving techniques, a team capable of converting symptoms into causes for business needs. This…
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Project Management Journal
On the use of microcomputers by small contractors
In the late 1980s, many small companies did not own computer systems. As a result, they often lacked the capability to develop, use, and read project management reports. This paper describes a…
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Project Management Journal
A heuristic algorithm for scheduling capital investment projects
When project planners generate effective investment schedules, they are better able to minimize task duration without exceeding resource constraints. But the challenge is in creating schedules with…
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