Project portfolio management: An integrated method for resource planning and scheduling to minimize planning/scheduling-dependent expenses

• Published in: International journal of project management Vol. 28; no. 6; pp. 609 - 618
• Main Author: Laslo, Zohar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.08.2010; Elsevier; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Chance-constrained scheduling; Delivery scheduling; Economics; Expenses; Individual experts; Mathematical models; Optimization algorithms; Portfolio management; Project management; Project portfolio; R& D projects; R&D; Research & development; Resource management; Resource planning; Scheduling; Simulation; Studies; Workforce planning; Chance-constrained scheduling; Project portfolio; Individual experts; Resource planning; R& D projects
• ISSN: 0263-7863; 1873-4634
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijproman.2009.10.001

It is well known that the progress of R& D projects has more and more begun to rely on the availability of individual experts who are generally scarce and expensive. The matrix structure considers periodic staffing of project teams which has been found to be efficient for non-scarce human resour...