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Article Scheduling, Complexity, Program Management, Procurement Management, Energy & Utilities 1 November 2020

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2020 PMI® Project of the Year Winner

By Parsi, Novid| Wilkinson, Amy For decades, Europe has relied heavily on one nation, Russia, to supply its natural gas. Almost 40 percent of the European Union’s natural gas comes from Russia. A new pipeline could change that.…

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…

Article Program Management, Scheduling, Agile, SCRUM June 2014

Project Management Journal

A hybrid approach to quantitative software project scheduling within agile frameworks

By Jahr, Michael 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…

Article Program Management, Quality Management, Risk Management, Scheduling 1 April 2014

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Water works

By Howlett, Sarah Protzman For centuries, the Netherlands built walls to keep the water out. With the 2.3 billion Room for the River program, this European country--where 26 percent of the land sits below sea level--is now…

Article Program Management, Scheduling, Quality Management August 2012

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The best of both worlds

By Jackson, Michelle Bowles Role stereotypes hold that systems engineers are the technical experts and program managers are the seasoned businesspeople. But can these two worlds connect their work to create positive business…

Conference Paper Program Management, Risk Management, Scheduling 12 October 2010

The importance of schedule analysis and a schedule risk assessment in formulating a joint confidence level assessment

By Quilliam, James D. | Elliott, Darren By completing a schedule analysis (SA) before conducting a schedule risk assessment (SRA), organizations can gain a comprehensive understanding of the process involved in implementing a joint…

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…

Conference Paper Quality Management, Scheduling, Program Management 26 October 2004

Haradh Gas Plant projects

By Qureshi, Mohammed Sharief The Haradh Gas Program was a giant grass-roots energy project, which was built in a remote region of the Saudi Arabian desert, constructed by 12,000 men all living in temporary accommodations. The…

Article Scheduling, Decision Making, Program Management September 2004

Project Management Journal

PERT scheduling with resource constraints using qualitative simulation graphs

By Ingalls, Ricki G. | Morrice, Douglas J. 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…

Article Scheduling, Program Management July 2004

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Perfect timing

By Warshauer, Sarah Beth This article features three case studies where the use of scheduling software helped to limit project uncertainties and deliver projects on time. MFI Software of Madrid, Spain, developed a…