Optimal use of budget reserves to minimize technical and management failure risks during complex project development

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 382-395

  Dillon, Robin L ^a   Paté Cornell, M Elisabeth ^b   Guikema, Seth D ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Budget reserves; Decision analysis; Project management; Resource optimization; Risk management

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BUDGET RESERVES; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS; RESOURCE OPTIMIZATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 23344436175     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2005.850733     Document Type: Article

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