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Article Innovation, Scheduling, Strategy, Cost Management, Organizational Project Management, Construction 1 April 2019

Project Management Journal

Determining Contingencies in the Management of Construction Projects

By Ortiz, José I. | Pellicer, Eugenio | Molenaar, Keith R. This research describes the managerial approaches that contractors follow to determine different types of contingencies in construction project management. Two large Spanish general contractors were…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Strategy, Decision Making 5 May 2014

Strategic value management

By Thiry, Michel Beginning with an outline of the evolution of value management from value engineering/analysis into a strategic management approach, this paper applies value management as a strategy formulation and…

Article Scheduling, Strategy February 2014

PM Network

When second means best

By Swanson, Sandra You're familiar with the scenario: Your team has persevered through a complex, big-budget project for a year, and you're only weeks from a new product launch. Then one day, you hear startling news:…

Article Scheduling, Strategy December 2012

PM Network

Keeping it real

By Hendershot, Steve Left on the outside, many project managers have conjured up their own idea of how strategic planning meetings work: Executives huddle around a conference table, plotting projects that will be…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Decision Making, Risk Management, Strategy, Cost Management 23 October 2012

Project risk analysis to support strategic and project management

By El-Mehalawi, Mohamed E. Successful project cost and schedule risk management is always capable of informing project management of "where the project is" and "where the project is going" in the future. Current project…

Article Scheduling, Strategy, Construction March 2010

PM Network

Miracles do happen

By Zachariah, Jacob Experienced project professionals have long touted the importance of planning a project before launching the actual effort. This article reports how one project manager relied on a year-long…

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 Strategy, Program Management, Scheduling 8 November 2006

Schedule improvement through innovative procurement strategies

By Hammad, Mohammed A. Energy provider Saudi Aramco (SA) has--over the course of many years--improved its process for developing program schedules. From this effort, SA was able to establish best practices, reduce…

Article Scheduling, Strategy, Resource Management, Manufacturing March 2006

Project Management Journal

Financial success and time-management factors in a chemical environment

By Smith, Alan D. | Flanegin, Frank R. Because companies operating in the manufacturing industries use financial success factors as important competitive benchmarks, executives working for these companies must ensure that their firms…

Conference Paper Scheduling, Strategy 2006

Not for the faint hearted

By Goodman, Elizabeth | Henry, Patricia Troubled projects are a common occurrence in the contemporary business world. Turning around such projects, however, is an uncommon achievement. This paper examines a case study showing how the…