Project Management with Dynamic Scheduling

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Introduction

   • Mario Vanhoucke

   Pages 1-8

3. Scheduling Without Resources

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9

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4. Scheduling without resources

   1. The PERT/CPM Technique

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 11-35

   2. The Critical Path Method

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 37-56

   3. The VMW Project

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 57-77

   4. Schedule Risk Analysis

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 79-98

   5. The Mutum-Paraná II Bridge Project (A)

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 99-104

5. Scheduling with Resources

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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6. Scheduling with resources

   1. Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 107-137

   2. Resource-Constrained Scheduling Extensions

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 139-172

   3. The Westerschelde Tunnel Project

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 173-183

   4. Critical Chain/Buffer Management

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 185-206

   5. The Mutum-Paraná II Bridge Project (B)

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 207-211

7. Project Control

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

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8. Project control

   1. Earned Value Management

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 215-238

   2. Advanced Topics

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 239-258

   3. The Mutum-Paraná II Bridge Project (C)

      • Mario Vanhoucke

      Pages 259-269

9. Scheduling with Software

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 271-271

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10. Scheduling with software

    1. Dynamic Scheduling with ProTrack

       • Mario Vanhoucke

       Pages 273-282

The topic of this book is known as dynamic scheduling, and is used to refer to three dimensions of project management and scheduling: the construction of a baseline schedule and the analysis of a project schedule’s risk as preparation of the project control phase during project progress. This dynamic scheduling point of view implicitly assumes that the usability of a project’s baseline schedule is rather limited and only acts as a point of reference in the project life cycle. Consequently, a project schedule should especially be considered as nothing more than a predictive model that can be used for resource efficiency calculations, time and cost risk analyses, project tracking and performance measurement, and so on. In this book, the three dimensions of dynamic scheduling are highlighted in detail and are based on and inspired by a combination of academic research studies at Ghent University (www.ugent.be), in-company trainings at Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School (www.vlerick.com) and consultancy projects at OR-AS (www.or-as.be). First, the construction of a project baseline schedule is a central theme throughout the various chapters of the book, and is discussed from a complexity point of view with and without the presence of project resources. Second, the creation of an awareness of the weak parts in a baseline schedule is discussed at the end of the two baseline scheduling parts as schedule risk analysis techniques that can be applied on top of the baseline schedule. Third, the baseline schedule and its risk analyses can be used as guidelines during the project control step where actual deviations can be corrected within the margins of the project’s time and cost reserves.

• Dynamic Project Scheduling
• Earned Value Management
• Project management software
• Resource-constrained project scheduling
• Schedule Risk Analysis

From the reviews:

“Vanhoucke defines dynamic project scheduling as a dynamic process involving the construction of a project baseline schedule, schedule risk analysis, and project control. … a research handbook and a practical guide for practitioners. The potential audience includes undergraduate MBA students, company trainees, and project management software users.” (Willy Herroelen, Interfaces, Vol. 43 (1), 2013)

• Fac. Economics & Business Administration, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium

  Mario Vanhoucke

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