A practical method of determining project risk contingency budgets

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 565-571

  Cioffi, D F ^a,b   Khamooshi, H ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CONTINGENCY FUNDS; EXPECTED VALUES; OPERATIONAL RESEARCH; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PRACTICAL METHOD; PROJECT SPONSORS; STATISTICAL CONFIDENCE;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 62349089533     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602586     Document Type: Article

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