Assigning Projects to Project Managers in a Multiple-Project Management Environment: A Pilot Study of a Decision Support Model

Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 236-245

  Patanakul, Peerasit ^a   Milosevic, Dragan ^a   Anderson, Timothy ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LIFE CYCLE; MANAGERS; MULTITASKING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS (AHP); DECISION SUPPORT MODELS (DSM);

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 1442353186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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