TY - GEN
T1 - Discrete-event simulation for design of enhanced project schedules
AU - Lazarova-Molnar, Sanja
AU - Mizouni, Rabeb
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Having an initial project schedule to a great extent determines success of projects. However, because of unpredicted factors, actual project development usually deviates from its initial schedule, a situation that requires intervention of project managers to take appropriate remedial actions. To support project managers in this tremendous task, Enhanced Project Schedules (EPS) have been proposed. They incorporate a high degree of uncertainty by providing, in addition to the initial project schedule, a set of remedial actions recommendations. Identifying the appropriate set of remedial actions that supports meeting project goals is challenging. In this paper, we propose a discrete-event simulation approach to identify the optimal remedial action scenarios set given a project schedule goal. We detail the discrete-event simulation approach to design enhanced project schedules.
AB - Having an initial project schedule to a great extent determines success of projects. However, because of unpredicted factors, actual project development usually deviates from its initial schedule, a situation that requires intervention of project managers to take appropriate remedial actions. To support project managers in this tremendous task, Enhanced Project Schedules (EPS) have been proposed. They incorporate a high degree of uncertainty by providing, in addition to the initial project schedule, a set of remedial actions recommendations. Identifying the appropriate set of remedial actions that supports meeting project goals is challenging. In this paper, we propose a discrete-event simulation approach to identify the optimal remedial action scenarios set given a project schedule goal. We detail the discrete-event simulation approach to design enhanced project schedules.
KW - Decision support systems
KW - Discrete event simulation
KW - Project schedule
KW - Uncertainties
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84880655211
SN - 9781627482769
T3 - Simulation Series
SP - 51
EP - 58
BT - Summer Computer Simulation Conference and Work in Progress, SCSC 2013 and WIP 2013 - 2013 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim 2013
T2 - Summer Computer Simulation Conference, SCSC 2013 and Work in Progress, WIP 2013, Part of the 2013 Summer Simulation Multiconference, SummerSim 2013
Y2 - 7 July 2013 through 10 July 2013
ER -