PROJECT-ORIENTED MANAGEMENT PECULIARITIES OF TRANSBORDER OPERATIONAL RESCUE UNITS

management of strategic and operational plans in rescue organizations to maintain preparedness against disasters

Operational Emergency Response under Informational Uncertainty: A Fuzzy Optimization Model for Scheduling and Allocating Rescue Units

Coordination deficiencies have been identified after the March 2011 earthquakes in Japan in terms of scheduling and allocation of resources, with time pressure, resource shortages, and especially informational uncertainty being main challenges. We suggest a decision support model that accounts for these challenges by drawing on fuzzy set theory and fuzzy optimization. Based on requirements from...

Closed-loop oriented project management in construction

Up to now, the construction industry is mainly characterized by open-loop material systems. Considering that dumping capacities are limited, land for landfill is reduced and natural resources have to be preserved, it is obvious that closed-loop material systems have to be established. Following the maxims of sustainability, these closed-loop systems have to respect technical, ecological and eco...

Value-Oriented IT Project Portfolio Management

In the present enterprise computing environment, it becomes more and more important to be able to demonstrate financial gains of IT (Information Technology) initiatives compared to their cost. A valuation methodology is a logical, repeatable fi-amework for making IT investment decisions and monitoring projects to ensure that they ultimately contribute to the financial health and growth of the e...

Basic Functions and Operational Units