Construction and evaluation framework for a real-life project database

International Journal of Project Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 697-710

  Batselier, Jordy ^a   Vanhoucke, Mario ^a,b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Database construction framework; Dynamic scheduling; Earned value management; Empirical database; Project management

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; DATABASE SYSTEMS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; VALUE ENGINEERING;

DATABASE CONSTRUCTION; DYNAMIC SCHEDULING; EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; EVALUATION MEASURES; FORECASTING ACCURACY; PROJECT DATABASE; PROJECT PERFORMANCE;

SCHEDULING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATABASE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84922675108     PISSN: 02637863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2014.09.004     Document Type: Article

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