A simulation and evaluation of earned value metrics to forecast the project duration

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1361-1374

  Vanhoucke, M ^a,b   Vandevoorde, S ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c Fabricom Airport Systems   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Project management; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

PROJECT DURATION FORECASTS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 35448944883     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602296     Document Type: Review

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