A Way to Deal with the Project Crashing Problem

• Authors: Hamdjatou Kane , Gilbert Nkubili , Barthelemy Ateme-Nguema
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this study, we have presented the results obtained using a new tool developed to solve the problem of finding the optimal trade-off between project duration and cost in the context of resource criticality. The tool we have developed applies principles of tabu search to optimize the process of identifying project activities to be accelerated. Using our project acceleration algorithm on projects previously treated using other approaches, we demonstrated that the tool identifies the same solution or in some cases a better solution and with a shorter calculation time. This work thus proposes a new avenue to explore with more in-depth studies for the improvement of project management.

Keywords

EN

Project management

PL

Zarządzanie projektem

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Katowicach
• Journal: Studia Ekonomiczne
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 137
• Pages: 39-52

Contributors

author

Hamdjatou Kane

author

Gilbert Nkubili

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Barthelemy Ateme-Nguema

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Identifiers

ISSN

2083-8611