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Article Scheduling, PMO, Program Management 1 June 2019

Project Management Journal

A Study of the Critical Chain Project Management Method Applied to a Multiproject System

By Cooper Ordoñez, Robert Eduardo | Vanhoucke, Mario | Coelho, Jose | Anholon, Rosley | Novaski, Olívio 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…

Conference Paper Scheduling, PMO, Cost Management, Skill Development, Technical Skills, Earned Value Management 2006

Managing firmed fixed price projects using EVM

By Prasad, Vijay | Rajkumar, P. | Rastogi, Subhash C. Firm Fixed Price (FFP) projects often fail when the owner and the service provider have conflicting motives. Resolving these conflicts is the project manager's responsibility. This paper discusses…

Conference Paper Scheduling, PMO, Work Breakdown Structures 2006

Can you have your cake and eat it too? Integrative planning method from concept to execution

By Brokman, Yaniv | Kfir, Yuval | Pilovsky, Yuval Much has been reported in the literature about how project management offices (PMOs) support the efforts and the development of both project managers and project teams. Despite the recent…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Complexity, Decision Making, PMO, Earned Value Management 26 October 2004

Can't see the forest for the trees? How to effectively manage complex project schedules

By Brokman, Yaniv | Kfir, Yuval | Pilovsky, Yuval Freescale Semiconductor Israel, the largest design center of Freescale Semiconductor (previously Motorola Semiconductor), has established a project management office (PMO) starting 1999. The PMO…

Conference Paper PMO, Scheduling, Complexity 21 April 2004

Can't see the forest for the trees? How to effectively manage complex project schedules

By Brokman, Yaniv | Kfir, Yuval | Pilovsky, Yuval This presentation has been endorsed by the following PMI Specific Interest Groups (SIGs) and Colleges: Information Technology & Telecom SIG; College of Scheduling During the project management…

Article PMO, Risk Management, Scheduling, Construction 1 March 2004

PM Network

Clear skies

By Staman, Oral D. This article features a case study in risk management: the $180 million project of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) to close Spangdahlem Air Base and return it to the German people by the end…

Conference Paper Portfolio Management, Scheduling, Program Management, PMO, Work Breakdown Structures 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

Process, project, and transition management

By Rinkuns Deschamps, Janice M. | Rose, Cindy K. The FormulaThis paper will define a formula for program office that is unique and powerful. The formula consists of integrating process modeling, project management and transition management…

Article Scheduling, PMO, Strategy April 1999

PM Network

Setting the stage for a new profession

By Webster, Francis Marion This article offers a short history of project management practices and the development of the project management profession as it took place following World War II. The needs of the defense and…

Article PMO, Program Management, Quality Management, Requirements Management, Scheduling November 1990

PM Network

Planning and management of the superconducting super collider

By Aprile, Robert | Kozman, Ted | Pells, David L. The superconducting super collider (SSC), like all large United States Department of Energy (DOE) projects, is subject to DOE requirements for comprehensive project planning, disciplined project…