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Article Cost Management, Resource Management, Procurement Management 1 October 2018

Project Management Journal

Cash Flow Management of Construction Projects in Saudi Arabia

By Shash, Ali A. | Al Qarra, Abdulaziz Cash flow management entails forecasting, monitoring, and controlling practices of the cash inflow and outflow and arrangement of deficits over a project's duration. This article reveals, through a…

Article Cost Management, Resource Management, Construction 1 October 2017

PM Network

Building Boom—And Barriers

The construction industry is on strong footing, but skills shortages and rising costs are complicating the project landscape. Increased productivity remains the way forward.

Article Talent Management, Cost Management, Resource Management, Construction 1 May 2008

PM Network

Battling the elements

By Hildebrand, Carol Efforts to construct utility plants are often mired with significant problems caused by humans and nature alike. When extreme weather conditions are added to this the challenge, the project's…

Conference Paper Cost Management, Resource Management 25 May 2003

Measuring and managing performance improvement in application outsourcing contracts

By Makar-Limanov, Olga Are you able to quantitatively manage your application services contract and satisfy your customer? Some application portfolios are more difficult and costly to develop and enhance than others,…

Article Talent Management, Teams, Cost Management, Resource Management 1 April 2002

PM Network

Doing more with less

By Knutson, Joan This article discusses factors that can hamper a team's progress: turnover, overstaffing, overtime, and poor performers.

Conference Paper Scheduling, Decision Making, Cost Management, Resource Management, Construction 1 November 2001

Seminars & Symposium

PSEG experience in "just-in-time construction" – an effective way to minimize project expenses

By Shvartsberg, Boris Every Project has a time constraint (a scheduled service date), which should be met satisfying a cost constraint (budgeted funds). Sometimes, there is an incentive in completing the project ahead of…

Article Decision Making, Cost Management, Resource Management April 1988

Project Management Journal

Cost-integrated project network planning using expert systems

By Badiru, Adedeji B. By integrating cost into analyses of project networks, project managers can more effectively control a project's resources. But doing so is often difficult because today's organizational cost…

Article Cost Management, Resource Management March 1984

Project Management Journal

Cost of capital for international operations--an integrated versus segmented market approach

By Agmon, Tamir Understanding the appropriate cost of capital for international investment projects is one of the most important and least discussed issues in international corporate finance. What makes discussions…