Measuring Time
€ 89,95
An awarded dynamic scheduling research study by Mario Vanhoucke as a result of research projects at Ghent University and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School.
The book deals with the project performance and control phases of the project life cycle to present a detailed investigation of the project's time performance measurement methods and risk analysis techniques in order to evaluate existing and newly developed methods in terms of their abilities to improve the corrective actions decision-making process during project tracking. As readers apply what is learned from the book, EVM practices will become even more effective in project management and cost engineering. Individual chapters look at simulation studies in forecast accuracy; schedule adherence; time sensitivity; activity sensitivity; and using top-down or bottom-up project tracking.
Measuring Time is awarded by the Research collaboration fund of the Project Management Institute (PMI) - Belgium chapter (Brussels, 2007) and by the International Project Management Association (IPMA) Research award (Rome, 2008). More information can be found at http://www.ipma.ch/awards/resawards/Pages/IPMAResearchAwardWinners.aspx
Author: Prof. Dr. Mario Vanhoucke is a full professor at the Ghent University and Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (Belgium). He teaches Project Management, Business Statistics and Applied Operations Research. He is the programme director of the Commercial Engineers and the advanced Master in Operations and Technology Management. He is partner of the company OR-AS (www.or-as.be) where he is currently involved in the development of a project scheduling software package with earned schedule tracking capabilities.
His main research interest lies in simulation and optimization models in project scheduling and scheduling in the health-care sector.