Scheduling of Resource-Constrained Projects
Project management has become a widespread instrument enabling organizations to efficiently master the challenges of steadily shortening product life cycles, global markets and decreasing profit margins. With projects increasing in size and complexity, th
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Scheduling of Resource-Constrained Projects
by
Robert Klein
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Springer-Science+ Business Media, LLC
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Klein, Robert. Scheduling of resource-constrained projects / by Robert Klein. p.cm. -- (Operations research/ computer science interfaces series ; OReS 10) Includes bibIiographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4613-7093-2 ISBN 978-1-4615-4629-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-4629-0 1. Production scheduIing. 1. TitIe. II. Series. TSI57.5.K5541999 658.5'3--dc21 99-046684 Copyright e 2000 by Springer Science+Business Media New York Origina1ly published by Kluwer Academic Publishers in 2000 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2000 AlI rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, record ing, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher, Springer-Science+Business Media, LLC.
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Contents
Notations................................................................................................... XI Preface ..................................................................................................... XV
Part I
Project Management: Basics and Scheduling Problems
1 The Project Management Process............................................................. 1 1.1
Definition ofa Project .......................................................................................... .
1.2
The Project Life Cycle .......................................................................................... 2
1.3
Project Conception ................................................................................................ 5 1.3.1 Feasibility Study ............................................................................................ 7 1.3.2 Economic Analysis ........................................................................................ 8 1.3.3 Risk Analysis ...............................................................................................
