The project assessment by simulation technique

EMJ - Engineering Management Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 3-10

  Cates, Grant R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Monte carlo; Project management; Risk; Stochastic; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

PROJECT ASSESSMENT BY SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; PROJECT COMPLETION; PROJECT UNCERTAINTY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 38949095209     PISSN: 10429247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10429247.2007.11431743     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Bedford, Tim, and Cooke, Roger, Probabilistic Risk Analysis: Foundations and Methods, Cambridge University Press (2001).
2. Cates, Grant R., Improving Project Management with Simulation and Completion Distribution Functions, Doctoral dissertation, Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida, Orland, Florida (2004). Available via (accessed April 10, 2005).
3. Cates, Grant R., and Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, “Supporting the Vision for Space with Discrete Event Simulation,” Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, M.E. Kuhl, N.M. Steiger, F.B. Armstrong, and J.A. Joines, eds., 1306-1310. Available via http://www.informs-sim.org/ wsc05papers/159.pdf
4. Cates, Grant R., and Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, “A Discrete Event Simulation Model for Assembling the International Space Station,” Proceedings of the 2005 Winter Simulation Conference, M.E. Kuhl, N.M. Steiger, F.B. Armstrong, and J.A. Joines, eds.,.1260-1264. Available via http://www. informs-sim.org/wsc05papers/153.pdf
5. Galway, L., “Quantitative Risk Analysis for Project Management: A Critical Review,” RAND working paper, The RAND Corporation, WR-112-RC, Santa Monica, California (Feb. 2004), p. 15.
6. Gehman, Harold W. Jr., et al., Report of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, 1 (August 2003). 136-137.
7. Law, A.M., and W.D. Kelton, Simulation, Modeling and Analysis, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill (2000).
8. Kidd, J.B., “Do Today’s Projects Need Powerful Network Planning Tools?” International Journal of Production Research, 29:10 (1991), 1969-1978.
9. Ottjes, J.A., and Veeke, H.P.M., “Project Management with Simulation: A Critical View on the Critical Path,” Proceedings of the ICSC Symposia on Intelligent Systems & Applications (ISA’2000) (December 2000), Wollongong Australia [ICSC], ISBN 3-906454-24-X.
10. Project Management Institute, Project Management Body of Knowledge, PMBOK© Guide (2000),. 139
11. Roberts, B., C. Smith, and D. Frost, “Risk-Based Decision Support Techniques for Programs and Projects,” Acquisition Review Quarterly (Spring 2003), Defense Acquisition University Press.
12. Simmons, L.F., “Project Management-Critical Path Method (CPM) and PERT Simulated with ProcessModel,” Proceedings of the 2002 Winter Simulation Conference, E. Yücesan, C.H. Chen, J.L. Snowdon, and J.M. Charnes, eds,. 1786-9.
13. Schuyler, John, Risk and Decision Analysis in Projects, 2nd Ed., Project Management Institute (2001).
14. Vose, David, Quantitative Risk Analysis: A Guide to Monte Carlo Simulation Modeling, John Wiley & Sons (1996).