Estimation of project buffers in critical chain project management

Proceedings of the 2000 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology:

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 162-167

  Shou, Yongyi ^a   Yeo, K T ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Critical chain; Project bufer; Project management; Theory of constraints; Uncertainly

Indexed keywords

CHAINS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; RISK PERCEPTION;

ATTITUDE TOWARDS RISKS; CRITICAL CHAIN; CRITICAL CHAIN PROJECT MANAGEMENT; PERT/CPM; PROJECT BUFER; PROJECT BUFFERS; THEORY OF CONSTRAINT; UNCERTAINLY;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84955154307     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMIT.2000.917313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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