A decision-making framework for justifying a portfolio of IT projects

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 625-639

  Pendharkar, Parag C ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Mixed integer programming; Real options

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BUDGET CONSTRAINT; DECISION-MAKING FRAMEWORKS; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING (MIP); PROJECT FUNDING; PROJECT SELECTION PROBLEM; REAL OPTIONS; SOLUTION PROCEDURE;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897958616     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2013.09.006     Document Type: Article

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