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Ballesteros-Pérez, Pablo; Larsen, Graeme D.; González-Cruz, Maria C. – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2018
Many engineering projects fail to meet their planned completion dates in real practice. This is a recurrent topic in the project management literature, with poor planning and controlling practices frequently cited among the most significant causes of delays. Unfortunately, hardly any attention has been paid to the fact that the classical…
Descriptors: Program Administration, Student Projects, Scheduling, Engineering
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Simons, Jacob V., Jr. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2017
The critical path method/program evaluation and review technique method of project scheduling is based on the importance of managing a project's critical path(s). Although a critical path is the longest path through a network, its location in large projects is facilitated by the computation of activity slack. However, logical fallacies in…
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Program Evaluation, Scheduling, Program Administration
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Moore, Sharlissa; Shangraw, R. F., Jr. – Research Management Review, 2011
Both publicly and privately funded research projects managed by universities are growing in size and scope. Complex, large-scale projects (over $50 million) pose new management challenges and risks for universities. This paper explores the relationship between project success and a variety of factors in large-scale university projects. First, we…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Risk, Risk Management, Performance Factors
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Hill, Duncan L. – College and University, 2010
Focusing on the current timetabling process at the University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM), I apply David Wesson's theoretical framework in order to understand (1) how increasing enrollment interacts with a decentralized timetabling process to limit the flexibility of course schedules and (2) the resultant impact on educational quality. I then…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Leadership Styles, Scheduling, Organizational Change
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Doyle, John Kevin – American Journal of Business Education, 2010
Critical Chains project management focuses on holding buffers at the project level vs. task level, and managing buffers as a project resource. A number of studies have shown that Critical Chain project management can significantly improve organizational schedule fidelity (i.e., improve the proportion of projects delivered on time) and reduce…
Descriptors: Critical Path Method, Program Administration, Manufacturing, Teaching Methods
Braun, Susan; Groom, Kenneth N. – 1969
The various tasks that have to be undertaken before the construction of a new school can begin are complex. In Great Britain, the Local Government Operational Research Unit was asked by Northumberland County Council to examine how delays in the preconstruction period might be reduced. A detailed analysis was made of nine school building projects…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Critical Path Method, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Garstang, Marlene – Journal of Instruction Delivery Systems, 1994
Presents results of a survey that examined what project management team members enjoyed most in recent projects. Ideas are summarized in a checklist for project management that provides guidelines in four areas: project planning, internal and external communication, personal qualities, and morale. (SLW)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Coordination, Critical Path Method