Handbook on Project Management and Scheduling Vol. 2

Due to the increasing importance of product differentiation and collapsing product life cycles, a growing number of value-adding activities in the industry and service sector are organized in projects. Projects come in many forms, often taking considerable time and consuming a large amount of resources. The management and scheduling of projects represents a challenging task and project performance may have a considerable impact on an organization’s competitiveness.

This handbook presents state-of-the-art approaches to project management and scheduling. More than sixty contributions written by leading experts in the field provide an authoritative survey of recent developments. The book serves as a comprehensive reference, both, for researchers and project management professionals.

The handbook consists of two volumes. Volume 1 is devoted to single-modal and multi-modal project scheduling. Volume 2 presents multi-project problems, project scheduling under uncertainty and vagueness, managerial approaches and a separate part on applications, case studies and information systems.

Table of Contents

Part X Multi-Project Scheduling
Chapter 31 The Basic Multi-Project Scheduling Problem
Chapter 32 Decentralized Multi-Project Scheduling

Part XI Project Portfolio Selection Problems
Chapter 33 Multi-Criteria Project Portfolio Selection
Chapter 34 Project Portfolio Selection Under Skill Development

Part XII Stochastic Project Scheduling
Chapter 35 The Stochastic Time-Constrained Net Present Value Problem
Chapter 36 The Stochastic Discrete Time-Cost Tradeoff Problem with Decision-Dependent Uncertainty
Chapter 37 The Stochastic Resource-Constrained Project SchedulingProblem
Chapter 38 The Markovian Multi-Criteria Multi-Project Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem

Part XIII Robust Project Scheduling
Chapter 39 Robust Optimization for the Discrete Time-Cost Tradeoff Problem with Cost Uncertainty
Chapter 40 Robust Optimization for the Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling Problem with Duration Uncertainty

Part XIV Project Scheduling Under Interval Uncertainty and Fuzzy Project Scheduling
Chapter 41 Temporal Analysis of Projects Under Interval Uncertainty
Chapter 42 The Fuzzy Time-Cost Tradeoff Problem

Part XV General Project Management
Chapter 43 Further Research Opportunities in Project Management
Chapter 44 Project Management in Multi-Project Environments
Chapter 45 Project Management for the Development of New Products
Chapter 46 Key Factors of Relational Partnerships in Project Management
Chapter 47 Incentive Mechanisms and Their Impact on ProjectPerformance
Chapter 48 Drivers of Complexity in Engineering Projects

Part XVI Project Risk Management
Chapter 49 A Framework for the Modeling and Management of Project Risks and Risk Interactions
Chapter 50 A Reassessment of Risk Management in Software Projects
Chapter 51 Ranking Indices for Mitigating Project Risks

Part XVII Project Scheduling Applications
Chapter 52 Scheduling Tests in Automotive R&D Projects Using a Genetic Algorithm
Chapter 53 Scheduling of Production with Alternative Process Plans
Chapter 54 Scheduling Computational and Transmission Tasks in Computational Grids
Chapter 55 Make-or-Buy and Supplier Selection Problems in Make-to-Order Supply Chains
Chapter 56 Project Scheduling for Aggregate Production Scheduling in Make-to-Order Environments
Chapter 57 Pharmaceutical R&D Pipeline Planning

Part XVIII Case Studies in Project Scheduling
Chapter 58 Robust Multi-Criteria Project Scheduling in Plant Engineering and Construction
Chapter 59 Multi-Criteria Multi-Modal Fuzzy Project Scheduling in Construction Industry

Part XIX Project Management Information Systems
Chapter 60 Impact of Project Management Information Systems on Project Performance
Chapter 61 Project Management Information Systems in a Multi-Project Environment
Chapter 62 Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling with Project Management Information Systems