this paper investigates the problem of selecting and scheduling a set of projects among available projects. each project consists of several tasks and to perform each one some resource is required. the objective is to maximize total benefit. the paper constructs a mathematical formulation in form of mixed integer linear programming model. three effective metaheuristics in form of the imperialis...

The success of a software development project depends on the underlying framework used to plan and structure the process of development tasks. Presently, there are a multitude of software development methodologies in which to choose. The selection of an appropriate methodology for a specific project may not always be a straightforward process and, further, the methodology that provides the most...

‎in this paper allocating a fixed resource for producing ‎finite projects in order to obtaining a desired level of‎ ‎efficiency will be discussed‎. ‎note that it is assumed that a ‎vector of limited sources is at hand‎. ‎this vector of resources can‎ ‎be contained human resource‎, ‎budget‎, ‎equipment‎, ‎and facilities‎. ‎in ‎any firm there exist different suggestions from subunits for ‎running...

Project planning is part of project management, which is relates to the use of schedules such as Gantt charts to plan and subsequently report progress within the project environment. Initially, the project scope is defined and the appropriate methods for completing the project are determined. In this paper a new approach for the critical path analyzing a project network with random fuzzy activi...

This paper presents an overview of the methodology and results of the MIT Libraries’ business plan development project for DSpace (http://www.dspace.org/), MIT’s digital institutional repository. The introductory section includes a description of DSpace, the objectives of the business plan project, and the current status of the DSpace project. The methodology section explains the process and to...

Risk identification, impact assessment, and response planning constitute three building blocks of project risk management. Correspondingly, three types of interactions could be envisioned between risks, between impacts of several risks on a portfolio component, and between several responses. While the interdependency of risks is a well-recognized issue, the other two types of interactions remai...

In recent years, utilization of feature selection techniques has become an essential requirement for processing and model construction in different scientific areas. In the field of software project effort estimation, the need to apply dimensionality reduction and feature selection methods has become an inevitable demand. The high volumes of data, costs, and time necessary for gathering data , ...

organizations need to evaluate project proposals and select the ones that are the most effective in reaching the strategic goals by considering sustainability issue. in order to enhance the effectiveness and the efficiency of project oriented organizations, in this paper a new multi-objective decision making (modm) approach of sustainable project portfolio selection is proposed which applies in...

Abstract. Good project planning provides the basis for successful offshore well drilling projects. In this domain planning occurs in two phases: an onshore phase develops a project plan; and an offshore phase implements the plan and tracks actual progress compared to the initial plan that was created onshore. The reuse of project plans is already prevalent within the oil and gas industry. A Per...

Technology centered organizations must be able to identify promising new products or process improvements at an early stage so that the necessary resources can be allocated to those activities. It is essential to invest in targeted research and development (R and D) projects as opposed to a wide range of ideas so that resources can be focused on successful outcomes. The selection of the most ap...