Measuring time
Subtitle: improving project performance using earned value management
By: Mario Vanhoucke
Series: International series in operations research & management science -- v 136
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781441910134; 9781441910141
Subjects: Management science; Operations research
Description: Meant to complement rather than compete with the existing books on the subject, this 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. Vanhoucke also offers an actual real-life case study, a tutorial on the use of ProTrack software (newly developed based on his research) in EVM, and conclusions on the relative effectiveness for each technique presented.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-162) and index.
Table of contents: title: The EVM fundamentals; title: Beyond the EVM fundamentals; title: A case study; title: A simulation study; title: Time sensitivity; title: Top-down or bottom-up project tracking; title: ProTrack: a software tutorial; title: Conclusions.