Identification and illumination of popular misconceptions about project scheduling and time buffering in a resource-constrained environment

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 102-109

  Herroelen, W ^a   Leus, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buffer management; Critical chain; Critical sequence; Project management; Resource constraints; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHEDULING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BUFFER MANAGEMENT; CRITICAL CHAIN; CRITICAL SEQUENCE; RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 12144278410     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601813     Document Type: Article

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