The Dynamic Progress Method: Using Advanced Simulation to Improve Project Planning and Management

by J. Chris White, Robert M. Sholtes

Overview

Recent computer-based tools for project planning and management focus on user-friendliness and interconnectivity. However, these programs function on the Critical Path Method, or CPM, which was created in the 1950s. These programs, which involve simplistic models and methods, ignore the fact that the underlying computations on which they function h

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498788090
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	239
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

J. Chris White earned his BS in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MS in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan. He is President of ViaSim Solutions and is also an adjunct instructor at the University of Texas at Dallas and Texas A&M University Commerce. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) as well as a Lean Sensei and a Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He has published numerous articles in the fields of leadership, total quality management, Six Sigma, project management, strategic management, and simulation.

Robert M. Sholtes earned his BS in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and his MS in engineering and public policy from Washington University in St. Louis. He has been a special instructor at the George Washington University and an assistant instructor and research assistant at Washington University. He has published several articles and presented several conference papers in the fields of software development, simulation, and genetic algorithm optimization techniques.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Why "Dynamic Progress Method?" The Current Status of Project Management. Critical Path Method and Earned Value Management. The New Approach of Dynamic Progress Method. Overview of the Dynamic Progress Method Simulation Model. Overview of pmBLOX. Advanced Capabilities of Dynamic Progress Method.