scholarly journals Improving the Work Breakdown Structure of the Plant Installation - Case: Asphalt Plant

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (5) ◽  
pp. 174-187
Author(s):  
Said Abujudeh
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Response Strategy ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Work Breakdown Structure ◽  
Industrial Organizations ◽  
Control Framework ◽  
And Control ◽  
Installation Time

The improvement of the project management forced the industrial organizations to focus on using the project management techniques in their industry, to plan and control the workflow to achieve their targets, further to increase the satisfaction of their customers. One of the most common project management tools are used is the work breakdown structure (WBS), which provide a framework for the implementation of the project scope including project planning, scheduling, monitoring, control, and estimation. Depending on the top-down approach the project activities will be broken into smaller parts that can be measured and controlled during the project implementation. The well-defined construction of the structure contributes to making the project more realistic and visual. However, the misunderstanding of the project WBS among the project team creates deflection and misinterpretation of the project scope. The main issue of this research is to improve the WBS of the installation plan and develop a standard WBS for plant installation. The research was limited to Asphalt plant installation WBS as a case study to identify the weaknesses of the current WBS at the case company which leads to extra installation time and cost. The research is offering a template WBS based on the company logic, defining the frequent risks that affect the plant installation based on the WBS and suggesting a suitable response strategy by recommending a control framework to monitor and control the WBS schedule throughout all installation phases.

The use of objective oriented project planning tools for nanosafety and health concerns: a case study in nanomedicine research project

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad-Reza Nejadmoghaddam ◽  
Abdolreza Babamahmoodi ◽  
Arash Minai-Tehrani ◽  
Amir-Hassan Zarnani ◽  
Rassoul Dinarvand
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Antibody Drug Conjugate ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Efficient Manner ◽  
Framework Approach ◽  
Research Findings

AbstractPotential human health and environmental risks associated with nanoscience research projects and their deliverables, termed nanosafety, is one of the important issues for translating research findings into commercially viable products. This paper examined the applicability of project management tools to address nanosafety in an efficient manner. Using objectives oriented project planning (OOPP) we describe a new integrated content of the problem tree, the result tree, and the logical framework approach (LFA), by modeling our nanomedicine research project entitled “Nanomedicine preparation based on antibody drug conjugate (ADC)” as a case study. As a main result of the case study, we demonstrated an LFA matrix that highlights the need to deal with nanosafety as an activity of the research project. Consequently, the activity can lead to the output, standing operating procedure (SOP), for managing the project waste disposals and its deliverables side effects. In general, such output can be concluded as an important output for all nanoscience research projects to avoid underestimating risks for their nano-objects. Moreover, this article is written in the hope of providing an easy-to-understand template of project management tools for novice nanomedicine researchers who aim to apply OOPP in the design of their research projects.

scholarly journals Enterprise Project Management: Systems Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-12
Author(s):  
Ильина ◽  
Olga Ilina
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Systems Approach ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Methodology Development ◽  
Planning And Control ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
And Control

The articles deals with historical analysis of systems approach usage in project management. Definition of Enterprise Project Management as a system is suggested. The article describes research results about usage of different project management methods and tools at different levels of management in an organization. Thus, top management mostly uses project portfolio management tools, project control and project procurement methods, i.e. project suppliers’ reliability appraisal. Mid level management prefers project planning and control tools as well as project change management tools. Low level management uses project initiation and control tools such as project charter, Gantt charts, project progress reports and strategic milestone plans. The proposed approach can be used in the process of Enterprise Project Management methodology development.

Prevent/Control Identity Theft

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmud A. Shareef ◽  
Vinod Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Purchase Intention ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Identity Theft ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Application Framework ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

This study provides an application framework toward measures to prevent/control identity theft in conjunction with sources. It also identifies the impact of overall protection of identity theft on consumer trust, the cost of products/services, and operational performance, all of which in turn contribute to a purchase intention using E-commerce (EC). For the first objective, this study proposes a matrix of sources and measures to prevent and control identity theft. From this matrix, using knowledge from a literature review and judgment based on plausibility, the authors identify global laws, controls placed on organizations, publications to develop awareness, technical management, managerial policy, risk management tools, data management, and control over employees are the potential measuring items to prevent identity theft related to EC. A case study in banking sector through a qualitative approach was conducted to verify the proposed relations, constructs, and measuring items. For the second objective, this research paper conceptualizes a model based on literature review and validates that based on the case study in the financial sector. The model reflects the effects of preventing and controlling identity theft on the costs of products/services, operational performance, and customers’ perception of trust, which would lead to purchase intention in EC.

Developing the Schedule and Cost Plan

2006 ◽  
pp. 120-156
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Brandon
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Management Process ◽  
Control Processes ◽  
Project Management Institute ◽  
Operations And Maintenance ◽  
Cost Plan ◽  
And Control ◽  
Process Group ◽  
Independent Organization

The Project Management Institute (PMI) project management process groups include initiation, planning, execution, control, and closing. In practice, however, the initiation processes of a project are often not part of a project for budgeting and control issues, but rather are charged to management and administration (M&A) or operations and maintenance (O&M) general ledger accounts. In some organizations, these charges are later reversed back to a project after it is decided to move forward with that project. Thus, only the planning, execution, and control processes become part of the project for accounting purposes; sometimes detail planning is part of a project but not overall planning. Similarly, the closing process group may or may not be a formal part of the project, and sometimes those processes are performed by an independent organization. This chapter is concerned with detail project planning, particularly the schedule and cost plan.

Visual Project Management Tools and Practices: Supplier Company Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-50
Author(s):  
Irfan Uzzaman ◽  
Tasminur Mannan Adnan
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Management Tools

scholarly journals Performance Measure of Project Management Automation Tool based on DevOps Selection Criteria for a General Purpose Software System

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 6263-6267
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Selection Criteria ◽  
Research Work ◽  
General Purpose ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Tool Selection ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Competence Level

DevOps, a cluster of tools to automate the tasks of building, testing and releasing the software, intends to optimize the end to end delivery lifecycle of software by eliminating the bottlenecks of each and every stage of development. This research paper presents the performance measure of different tools in the project planning and management phase of software development. Diverse tools exist for each and every phase of the development and depending on the outcome of the evaluation or selection criteria, tool with highest score is being chosen. This paper measures the performance of alternative project management tools viz. Jira, Trello, Leankit, AgileCraft based on these evaluation or selection criteria. To execute the underlying research work, a six-point scaling table is defined. The table measures the performance of project management automation tools and realizing their competence level score. This performance measure or the outcome as competence level score will be useful for the researchers or software developers to contemplate the best project management automation tool typically before making a decision about tool selection.

scholarly journals The importance of logic planning in case of IT and innovation projects

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 15-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judit Kiss ◽  
ZsoltT. Kosztyán
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Critical Points ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Planning Method ◽  
Stochastic Network ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Feasible Solutions

In case of using methodology of project planning, in the first step we had to create a “good” logic network. We had to determine the successors and predecessors of the tasks. However, usually successors and predecessors proceed from the technology, sometimes (especially in case of IT and innovation projects) these relations between tasks are not explicit. In case of projects, especially IT and innovation projects, one of the most critical points of view is the phase of logic planning. However, it is a very important phase, only slightly supported by any kind of Project Management tools. Our goal was to support the logic planning phase. In our paper a new planning method, namely SNPM (Stochastic Network Planning Method) is introduced through some practical applications. SNPM can determine all feasible solutions with the help of stochastic variables and can also take into consideration all possible precedents. The parameters of logic relations can be changed if the impacts on the project change. With this method the most probable project scenario can be determined taking into account costs and resource demands.

Software Project Planning Through Simulation of Entire Project's Problem-Space

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moshe Dayani ◽  
Roy Gelbard
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Cartesian Product ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Software Modeling ◽  
Problem Space ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Rule Based System

The current research has two main objectives: 1) Integration of the system analyst's products together with the project manager's work, via handshaking of software tools used for these tasks (Software modeling tools, Project management tools, as well as Word and Excel files). 2) Simulation of the entire project's problem space subject to organization's policy and constraints in order to achieve best project planning in the given situation. For this purpose, a rule-based system, developed in this study, utilizes a simulation of entire project's problem-space, which is a Cartesian product composed of all system elements (as defined in the software modeling tool), and organization's policy, preferences and constraints, via a specific user interface (see Figure 1). Then the project manager can choose, by simple filtering, the appropriate planning, and the Gantt-chart and all plans' details are automatically exported to the Project Management tool.

Information Technology Study Cases

2020 ◽  
pp. 215-236
Author(s):  
Rabia Imtiaz Durrani ◽  
Zainab Durrani
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Technology Study ◽  
Management Tools ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Legal Perspective

This chapter focuses on the use of project management tools, techniques, and software in projects. The chapter includes a detailed discussion on the use of information communication technology within projects and provides a tour of the software and project management methodologies used to deploy projects. To contextualize the discussion, a case study of four startup projects hosted by two different incubation centers is presented. The case study discussion is structured around four themes: financial aspects, family support, legal perspective, and project success and failure. Findings from the cases are then compared against the literature reviewed; finally, the chapter concludes by providing recommendations. However, the result divulges there is no proper mechanism that encompasses the use of project management software.

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