Measuring Time Improving Project Performance Using Earned Value Management /

• Main Author: Vanhoucke, Mario (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2009.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 136
• Subjects: Engineering.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Building > Superintendence.; Construction industry > Management.; Construction superintendence.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Construction Management.

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...

Table of Contents:

• The EVM Fundamentals
• Beyond the EVM Fundamentals
• A Case Study
• A Simulation Study
• Time Sensitivity
• Top-down or Bottom-up Project Tracking
• ProTrack: A Software Tutorial
• Conclusions.