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| decision tree analysis project management: Decision Analysis in Projects John R. Schuyler, 1996 |
| decision tree analysis project management: Decision Trees for Decision Making John F. Magee, 1964 |
| decision tree analysis project management: Confronting Climate Uncertainty in Water Resources Planning and Project Design Patrick A. Ray, Casey M. Brown, 2015-08-20 Confronting Climate Uncertainty in Water Resources Planning and Project Design describes an approach to facing two fundamental and unavoidable issues brought about by climate change uncertainty in water resources planning and project design. The first is a risk assessment problem. The second relates to risk management. This book provides background on the risks relevant in water systems planning, the different approaches to scenario definition in water system planning, and an introduction to the decision-scaling methodology upon which the decision tree is based. The decision tree is described as a scientifically defensible, repeatable, direct and clear method for demonstrating the robustness of a project to climate change. While applicable to all water resources projects, it allocates effort to projects in a way that is consistent with their potential sensitivity to climate risk. The process was designed to be hierarchical, with different stages or phases of analysis triggered based on the findings of the previous phase. An application example is provided followed by a descriptions of some of the tools available for decision making under uncertainty and methods available for climate risk management. The tool was designed for the World Bank but can be applicable in other scenarios where similar challenges arise. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Real World Project Management Richard Perrin, 2008-03-31 If you're a project manager, you need this guide to fill in the gaps in the PM canon. The Project Management Institute's Body of Knowledge, fails to fully explain certain PM tools and how they work, among other failures. Real-World Project Management fills in those major gaps with irreverence, wit, and wisdom. For any kind of project you’re managing, this book presents the high-quality tools and tactics you need to succeed. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Statistics and Probability Theory Michael Havbro Faber, 2012-03-26 This book provides the reader with the basic skills and tools of statistics and probability in the context of engineering modeling and analysis. The emphasis is on the application and the reasoning behind the application of these skills and tools for the purpose of enhancing decision making in engineering. The purpose of the book is to ensure that the reader will acquire the required theoretical basis and technical skills such as to feel comfortable with the theory of basic statistics and probability. Moreover, in this book, as opposed to many standard books on the same subject, the perspective is to focus on the use of the theory for the purpose of engineering model building and decision making. This work is suitable for readers with little or no prior knowledge on the subject of statistics and probability. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Risk and Decision Analysis in Projects John R. Schuyler, 2018-08-21 Decision analysis (DA) guides executives toward logical, consistent decisions under uncertainty. This book instructs readers in applying DA to feasibility analysis, project estimation, and project risk management.This is a wholly rewritten and expanded successor to the best-selling first and second editions.The entire investment lifecycle is covered, from conception, to the project plan, to the post-project review, and to a look-back analysis of the capital investment decision.DA applies to all manner of project management (PM) decisions for individuals, government, and non-profit organizations. The book uses a business investment perspective and assumes that maximizing value for the project owner is the objective.DA is a problem-solving process. There are four key features: 1) probabilities and probability distributions express best judgments about risks and uncertainties. 2) The organization has a decision policy expressed as a single metric (the objective function). 3) Probabilities and outcome values combine in the probability-weighting expected value calculation. 4) The organization as a policy to choose the best expected value alternative.This book aims to make decision making clear, simple, and logical. A clear decision policy can be elusive, and the author offers suggestions for making trade-offs among conflicting objectives. Converting the three pillars of project management (cost, schedule, and performance) into project value equivalents makes the trade-offs clear.This book is intended for serious PM students and practitioners. This is an essential concepts and how-to book. The scope is quantitative analysis, from project inception to post-project review. Project cost and schedule modeling, in modest detail, is essential to feasibility analysis and risk management. A general background in PM and corporate planning will be helpful. The methods are quantitative and straightforward. The reader should be comfortable with basic algebra and Microsoft(r) Excel(r).The book has eight pages of Suggested Reading annotated references (plus footnote additions), over 250 figures, approximately 600 Glossary definitions, and over 2400 Index entries. Online supplements include several whitepapers and other documents, example calculation spreadsheets, detailed color images of several important figures, four videos (including a critical chain simulation), and the Utility Elicitation Program (a web app, free for most users).Key topics include: Decision trees and Monte Carlo simulation for calculating outcome distributions and expected values * Probability concepts, including Bayes' rule for value of information analysis * Popular probability distribution types and when they apply * Eliciting expert judgments, with attention to potential cognitive and motivational biases * Recognizing the three pillars project in terms of project value * A 10-step decision analysis process * Project modeling concepts and techniques, with special attention to risk drivers and other correlations * Deterministic and stochastic sensitivity analysis * Decision policy that distinguishes objectives, time value, and risk attitude * @RISK(r) with Microsoft(r) Project for project simulations under uncertainty * Logical, consistent risk policy expressed as a utility function * Merge bias when task chains converge at a merge point * Tail estimate bias when estimating highly uncertain quantities * Optimizer's curse, a portfolio forecasting bias * Winner's curse, a bias characteristic of auctions * Using the best of critical chain and Monte Carlo simulation * Stochastic variance between a deterministic and a stochastic model * Modeling risk and uncertainty using probabilities, probability distributions, explicit formula relationships, correlation coefficients, risk drivers, conditional branching, and rework cycles. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Ethnographic Decision Tree Modeling Christina H. Gladwin, 1989-09 Why do people in a certain group behave the way they do? And, more importantly, what specific criteria was used by the group in question? This book presents a method for answering these questions. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Quantitative Risk Management and Decision Making in Construction Amarjit Singh, 2017 Singh introduces valuable techniques for weighing and evaluating alternatives in decision making with a focus on risk analysis for identifying, quantifying, and mitigating risks associated with construction projects. |
| decision tree analysis project management: ProjectThink Lev Virine, Michael Trumper, 2016-04-15 Projects are constantly beset by problems, often caused by seemingly small mistakes which collectively lead to larger issues. Why do project managers and teams appear to repeat the same mistakes? Can they make better choices without introducing complex decision analysis processes? How can they make better estimates? Project management is the art and science of human interactions. ProjectThink identifies and explains the paths of those intentional and unintentional actions that lead to trouble. It provides advice and guidance in analysing information and risk and explains how ’choice-engineering’ can facilitate decision-making and encourage everyone involved in a project to follow the right procedures and work collaboratively. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Portfolio Decision Analysis Ahti Salo, Jeffrey Keisler, Alec Morton, 2011-08-12 Portfolio Decision Analysis: Improved Methods for Resource Allocation provides an extensive, up-to-date coverage of decision analytic methods which help firms and public organizations allocate resources to 'lumpy' investment opportunities while explicitly recognizing relevant financial and non-financial evaluation criteria and the presence of alternative investment opportunities. In particular, it discusses the evolution of these methods, presents new methodological advances and illustrates their use across several application domains. The book offers a many-faceted treatment of portfolio decision analysis (PDA). Among other things, it (i) synthesizes the state-of-play in PDA, (ii) describes novel methodologies, (iii) fosters the deployment of these methodologies, and (iv) contributes to the strengthening of research on PDA. Portfolio problems are widely regarded as the single most important application context of decision analysis, and, with its extensive and unique coverage of these problems, this book is a much-needed addition to the literature. The book also presents innovative treatments of new methodological approaches and their uses in applications. The intended audience consists of practitioners and researchers who wish to gain a good understanding of portfolio decision analysis and insights into how PDA methods can be leveraged in different application contexts. The book can also be employed in courses at the post-graduate level. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Lean CX Robert Dew, Bill Russell, Cyrus Allen, George Bej, 2021-04-06 In recent years, many companies have realised customer experience (CX) is the new marketing battle ground. Substantial investments have been made to map customer journeys, identify pain points and improve CX to try and create cut-through. Using real world applications to introduce next generation design tools based on proven concepts from strategy, marketing, psychology and creative problem solving, Lean CX: How to Differentiate at Low Cost and Least Risk discusses how to use Lean Management approaches to innovate your customer experience. This practical book describes how the tools from Lean Management can be applied to the CX innovation problem. The authors draw on hundreds of CX design and strategic innovation projects across a range of industries, both B2B and B2C, from primary research through client work and secondary case studies available in the public domain. The examples include many different vertical industry sectors, including those involving hybrid business models. The cases included share what worked really well and where CX failed. The content goes beyond what actually happened to present an idea of what might be possible with the right design approach and committed resources. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Project Risk Analysis and Management Guide John Bartlett, 2004 The second edition of the Project Risk Analysis and Management Guide maintains the flavour of the original and the qualities that made the first edition so successful. The new edition includes: The latest practices and approaches to risk management in projects; Coverage of project risk in its broadest sense, as well as individual risk events; The use of risk management to address opportunities (uncertain events with a positive effect on the project's objectives); A comprehensive description of the tools and techniques required; New material on the human factors, organisational issues and the requirements of corporate governance; New chapters on the benefits and also behavioural issues |
| decision tree analysis project management: PMP Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide Kim Heldman, Claudia M. Baca, Patti M. Jansen, 2007-07-30 Get the most comprehensive PMP® Exam study package on the market! Prepare for the demanding PMP certification exam with this Deluxe Edition of our PMP: Project Management Professional Exam Study Guide, Fourth Edition. Featuring a bonus workbook with over 200 extra pages of exercises, this edition also includes six practice exams, over two hours of audio on CD to help you review, additional coverage for the CAPM® (Certified Associate in Project Management) exam, and much more. Full coverage of all exam objectives in a systematic approach, so you can be confident you're getting the instruction you need for the exam Bonus workbook section with over 200 pages of exercises to help you master essential charting and diagramming skills Practical hands-on exercises to reinforce critical skills Real-world scenarios that put what you've learned in the context of actual job roles Challenging review questions in each chapter to prepare you for exam day Exam Essentials, a key feature in each chapter that identifies critical areas you must become proficient in before taking the exam A handy tear card that maps every official exam objective to the corresponding chapter in the book, so you can track your exam prep objective by objective On the accompanying CD you'll find: Sybex test engine: Test your knowledge with advanced testing software. Includes all chapter review questions and bonus exams. Electronic flashcards: Reinforce your understanding with flashcards that can run on your PC, Pocket PC, or Palm handheld. Audio instruction: Fine-tune your project management skills with more than two hours of audio instruction from author Kim Heldman. Searchable and printable PDF of the entire book. Now you can study anywhere, any time, and approach the exam with confidence. |
| decision tree analysis project management: The Lean CX Score David McLachlan, 2017-09-11 The Lean CX Score is a brand new repeatable framework to help you create disruptive products and services. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Identifying and Managing Project Risk Tom Kendrick, 2009-02-27 Winner of the Project Management Institute’s David I. Cleland Project Management Literature Award 2010 It’s no wonder that project managers spend so much time focusing their attention on risk identification. Important projects tend to be time constrained, pose huge technical challenges, and suffer from a lack of adequate resources. Identifying and Managing Project Risk, now updated and consistent with the very latest Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK)® Guide, takes readers through every phase of a project, showing them how to consider the possible risks involved at every point in the process. Drawing on real-world situations and hundreds of examples, the book outlines proven methods, demonstrating key ideas for project risk planning and showing how to use high-level risk assessment tools. Analyzing aspects such as available resources, project scope, and scheduling, this new edition also explores the growing area of Enterprise Risk Management. Comprehensive and completely up-to-date, this book helps readers determine risk factors thoroughly and decisively...before a project gets derailed. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Project Management ToolBox Dragan Z. Milosevic, 2003-06-16 Provides a rare look at the situational framework used in building a project management toolbox. * Includes real-world examples of toolboxes used in a variety of project situations. * Bridges the gap between theoretical and applied project management. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Project Decisions, 2nd Edition Lev Virine, Michael Trumper, 2019-11-05 This new edition gives project managers practical methods and tools to make the right decisions while juggling multiple objectives, risks and uncertainties, and stakeholders. Project management requires you to navigate a maze of multiple and complex decisions that are an everyday part of the job. To be effective, you must know how to make rational choices with your projects, what processes can help to improve these choices, and what tools are available to help you with decision-making. An entertaining and easy-to-read guide to a structured project decision-making process, Project Decisions will help you identify risks and perform basic quantitative and qualitative risk and decision analyses. Lev Virine and Michael Trumper use their understanding of basic human psychology to show you how to use event chain methodology, establish creative business environments, and estimate project time and costs. Each phase of the process is described in detail, including a review of both its psychological aspects and quantitative methods. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Project Management Paul Gardiner, 2017-09-16 Project Management is designed to appeal to undergraduate and postgraduate students studying project management on a business degree. It provides a comprehensive overview of project management practice, while carefully balancing the unique aspects of project management curricula with the more general business skills, including quality, risk, teams, and leadership. The text includes a wide range of cases to connect the academic principles and the complexity of real-life projects. The text is also supported by web-based multiple choice questions, as well as in-text exercises and examples to illustrate the concepts and ideas throughout the book. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Data Mining with Decision Trees Lior Rokach, Oded Z. Maimon, 2008 This is the first comprehensive book dedicated entirely to the field of decision trees in data mining and covers all aspects of this important technique.Decision trees have become one of the most powerful and popular approaches in knowledge discovery and data mining, the science and technology of exploring large and complex bodies of data in order to discover useful patterns. The area is of great importance because it enables modeling and knowledge extraction from the abundance of data available. Both theoreticians and practitioners are continually seeking techniques to make the process more efficient, cost-effective and accurate. Decision trees, originally implemented in decision theory and statistics, are highly effective tools in other areas such as data mining, text mining, information extraction, machine learning, and pattern recognition. This book invites readers to explore the many benefits in data mining that decision trees offer: Self-explanatory and easy to follow when compacted Able to handle a variety of input data: nominal, numeric and textual Able to process datasets that may have errors or missing values High predictive performance for a relatively small computational effort Available in many data mining packages over a variety of platforms Useful for various tasks, such as classification, regression, clustering and feature selection |
| decision tree analysis project management: Risk and Decision Analysis in Projects John R. Schuyler, 2001 Some of Schuyler's tried-and-true tips include: - The single-point estimate is almost always wrong, so that it is always better to express judgments as ranges. A probability distribution completely expresses someone's judgment about the likelihood of values within the range.- We often need a single-value cost or other assessment, and the expected value (mean) of the distribution is the only unbiased predictor. Expected value is the probability-weighted average, and this statistical idea is the cornerstone of decision analysis.- Some decisions are easy, perhaps aided by quick decision tree calculations on the back of an envelope. Decision dilemmas typically involve risky outcomes, many factors, and the best alternatives having comparable value. We only need analysis sufficient to confidently identify the best alternative. As soon as you know what to do, stop the analysis!- Be alert to ways to beneficially change project risks. We can often eliminate, avoid, transfer, or mitigate threats in some way. Get to know the people who make their living helping managers sidestep risk. They include insurance agents, partners, turnkey contractors, accountants, trainers, and safety personnel. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Integrated Cost-Schedule Risk Analysis Dr David Hulett, 2012-09-28 Project managers tend to believe their cost estimates - whether they have exceeded budgets in the past or not. It is dangerous to accept the engineering cost estimates, which are often optimistic or unrealistic. Though cost estimates incorporate contingency reserves below-the-line, these estimates of reserves often do not benefit from a rigorous assessment of risk to project costs. Risks to cost come from multiple sources including uncertain project duration, which is often ignored in cost risk analyses. In short, experience shows that cost estimating on projects is rarely successful - cost overruns routinely occur. There are effective ways to estimate the impact on the cost of complex projects from project risks of all types, including traditional cost-type risks and the indirect but often substantial impact from risks usually thought of as affecting project schedules. Integrated cost-schedule risk anlaysis helps us determine how likely the project will go over budget with the current plan, how much contingency reserve is required to achieve a desired level of certainty, and which risks are most important so the project manager can mitigate them and achieve a better result. Integrated Cost-Schedule Risk Analysis provides solutions for these and other challenges. This book follows on from David Hulett's highly-praised Practical Schedule Risk Analysis. It focuses on the way that schedule risk can generate cost risk, and how to handle this relationship. It also applies the Risk Driver Method to the analysis so that you can clearly and transparently identify the key risks, rather than just the most risky cost line items. With detailed worked examples and over 70 illustrations, Integrated Cost-Schedule Risk Analysis offers the definitive guide to this critically important aspect of project management from surely the world's leading commentator. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Project Management Workbook and PMP / CAPM Exam Study Guide Harold Kerzner, Frank P. Saladis, 2017-04-24 Sharpen your project management skills and prepare for the latest PMP®/CAPM® exam The Project Management Workbook and PMP/CAPM Exam Study Guide is a two-in-one resource for mastering the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®). As the companion to Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, this book provides the opportunity to strengthen your understanding of project management in real-world application, with questions, problems, and cases designed to enhance your critical thinking skills. Functioning as a stand-alone study guide to the Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Exam, this book helps you develop the critical skills of a successful project manager with questions that show you what to expect on exam day. Interesting, enjoyable, and thought-provoking, this workbook and study guide helps you dig into the PMBOK and gain the professional insights that come only from applying what you've learned. Reading the PMBOK doesn't fully prepare you to pass the PMP exam, let alone function as a project manager in the real world. Understanding how to apply the various methodologies is vital to your success, and this book gives you a wealth of guided practice to hone your skills in advance. Practice applying project management concepts Test your grasp of the PMBOK methodology Preview the PMP with simulated exam questions Enhance your critical thinking and project management skills The project manager's role is broad in scope and detailed in function. Don't try to memorize the PMBOK, internalize it; this approach gives you a ready body of knowledge available for recall as needed, and helps you become a more efficient, more effective project manager. Instinctive knowledge comes from copious practice, and the Project Management Workbook and PMP/CAPM Exam Study Guide is your ideal resource for developing your skills. (PMI, PMBOK, CAPM, PMP, and Project Management Professional are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.) |
| decision tree analysis project management: Presto Sketching Ben Crothers, 2017-10-19 Do you feel like your thoughts, ideas, and plans are being suffocated by a constant onslaught of information? Do you want to get those great ideas out of your head, onto the whiteboard and into everyone else’s heads, but find it hard to start? No matter what level of sketching you think you have, Presto Sketching will help you lift your game in visual thinking and visual communication. In this practical workbook, Ben Crothers provides loads of tips, templates, and exercises that help you develop your visual vocabulary and sketching skills to clearly express and communicate your ideas. Learn techniques like product sketching, storyboarding, journey mapping, and conceptual illustration. Dive into how to use a visual metaphor (with a library of 101 visual metaphors), as well as tips for capturing and sharing your sketches digitally, and developing your own style. Designers, product managers, trainers, and entrepreneurs will learn better ways to explore problems, explain concepts, and come up with well-defined ideas - and have fun doing it. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Project Decisions Lev Virine, Michael Trumper, 2007-10 Project management is the art of making the right decisions. To be effective as a project manager, you must know how to make rational choices in project management, what processes can help you to improve these choices, and what tools are available to help you through the decision-making process. Project Decisions: The Art and Science is an entertaining and easy-to-read guide to a structured project decision analysis process. This valuable text presents the basics of cognitive psychology and quantitative analysis methods to help project managers make better decisions. Examples that portray different projects, real-life stories, and popular culture will help readers acquire the essential knowledge and skills required for effective project decision-making. Readers will be able to: •Understand psychological pitfalls related to project management •Establish a creative business environment in their organization •Identify project risks and uncertainties •Develop estimates of project time and cost based on an understanding of human psychology •Perform basic quantitative and qualitative risk and decision analysis •Use event chain methodology in managing projects •Communicate the results of decision analysis to decision-makers •Review project decisions and perform adaptive project management •Establish a project decision analysis process in their organization PLUS — Test your own judgment through a quiz that examines your intuition! |
| decision tree analysis project management: Project Management Theory and Practice, Second Edition Gary L. Richardson, 2014-10-29 Updated to reflect the Project Management Institute’s (PMI’s) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), Fifth Edition, the new edition of this bestselling textbook continues to provide a practical and up-to-date overview of project management theory. Project Management Theory and Practice, Second Edition explains project management theory using language that is easy to understand. The book integrates the organizational environment that surrounds a project to supply the well-rounded knowledge of theories, organizational issues, and human behavior needed to manage real-world projects effectively. This edition includes a new chapter on Stakeholder Management, which is a new knowledge area covered in the new PMBOK® Guide. It also provides updated references and a new streamlined organization of chapters. There are several project-related model frameworks sponsored by PMI®, and many of these are covered in this text. Specifically, the book details: Work breakdown structures (WBS) Earned value management (EVM) Enterprise project management (EPMO) Portfolio management (PPM) Professional responsibility and ethics For many of the major sections, the PMI Global Accreditation curriculum learning objectives have been adapted with permission of PMI and used to guide the content. Filled with end-of-chapter questions, scheduling and budgeting problems, and scoping projects, this text is ideal for classroom use and essential reading for anyone seeking project management certification. The book also includes sample empirically oriented worksheets that demonstrate various management decision and analysis-oriented tools. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Mastering Risk and Procurement in Project Management Randal Wilson, 2015 Effective risk management and procurement are crucial to project success. Unfortunately, many managers have spent relatively little time mastering these essential elements of the project management discipline, and many books on the subject treat these issues only lightly, if at all. In Mastering Risk and Procurement in Project Management, expert project manager and seasoned professor Randal Wilson focuses specifically on these essential techniques. Wilson addresses every stage of the project where risk management and procurement are relevant, especially planning, monitoring, and control. Teaching through the use of relevant examples and case studies, Wilson explains why risk management and procurement are so important to project success, illuminates the deep linkages amongst these tasks, shows how to avoid common pitfalls, and introduces best practice methodologies for integrating them throughout your business processes. Drawing on his own extensive experience, he offers in-depth coverage of topics ranging from contracting and risk monitoring to project close-out, and gives readers practical knowledge of critical processes and tasks in project management. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Project Management Tools and Techniques Deborah Sater Carstens, Gary L. Richardson, 2019-11-04 The topic of project management is truly an evolution of art seeking science. This activity involves balancing project objectives against the constraints of time, budget, and quality. Achieving this balance requires skill, experience, along with the use of many tools, and techniques which are the focus of this book. This new edition provides updated content to incorporate examples from Microsoft Project 2016 and material from the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide), sixth edition. The chapter structure includes step-by-step instructions regarding the basic mechanics and various software tools that can be used to assist in the processes. To reinforce the textbook’s learning objectives, extra material is provided on the textbook website. This includes mechanical tool examples and lab assignments representative of the chapter topics. An external video tutorial library is available to help with various mechanics related to Microsoft Project mechanics. An instructor manual is available for qualifying adoptions for classroom use. NOTE: Chapter 26 is not in the textbook and is only located in the book's Downloads tab on the CRCPress.com website. Features Illustrates the use of Microsoft Project throughout the project life cycle Offers templates as productivity enhancement tools Includes supplemental material for students and instructors Provides assignments for hands-on experience Follows the PMI PMBOK ® Guide model structure that will support a better understanding of the model and help prepare students for PMP and CAPM certification Illustrates both traditional and contemporary management techniques |
| decision tree analysis project management: Large-Scale Construction Project Management Yan Tan, 2020-04-02 A majority of large-scale construction and major infrastructure projects are funded by public funds from taxpayers. However, these projects are often subject to severe delays and cost overruns. Large-Scale Construction Project Management: Understanding Legal and Contract Requirements introduces integrated approaches to project management and control mechanisms to effectively manage large-scale construction projects. It explains the contractual requirements and associated legal principles under the latest edition of the leading standard forms of contracts, including FIDIC 2017, NEC4, and JCT 2016. It explains integrated project governance regarding time, cost, risk, change, contract management, and more. Further, it discusses the legal issues of scheduling delays and disruptions regarding the Delay and Disruption Protocol (Society of Construction Law) as well as Forensic Schedule Analysis guidance (American Association of Cost Engineering). Features: Provides strategies to effectively resolve disputes during construction projects Examines Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis (QSRA) and Quantitative Cost Risk Analysis (QCRA) Introduces the most recent software and techniques used in managing large-scale construction projects This book serves as a useful resource for project control and management professionals, researchers in construction management and project management, and students in building construction management and project management. |
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| decision tree analysis project management: Managing Project Risks Peter J. Edwards, Paulo Vaz Serra, Michael Edwards, 2019-11-04 A comprehensive overview of project risk management, providing guidance on implementing and improving project risk management systems in organizations This book provides a comprehensive overview of project risk management. Besides offering an easy-to-follow, yet systematic approach to project risk management, it also introduces topics which have an important bearing on how risks are managed but which are generally not found in other books, including risk knowledge management, cultural risk-shaping, project complexity, political risks, and strategic risk management. Many new concepts about risk management are introduced. Diagrams and tables, together with project examples and case studies, illustrate the authors’ precepts and ideas. Each chapter in Managing Project Risks begins with an introduction to its topic and ends with a summary. The book starts by providing an understanding and overview of risk and continues with coverage of projects and project stakeholders. Ensuing chapters look at project risk management processes, contexts and risk drivers, identification, assessment and evaluation, response and treatment options, and risk monitoring and control. One chapter focuses entirely on risk knowledge management. Others explore the cultural shaping of risk, political risk in projects, computer applications, and more. The book finishes by examining the current state and potential future of project risk management. In essence, this book: Effectively communicates a conceptual and philosophical understanding of risk Establishes the nature of projects and the stakeholders involved in them Presents a systematic and logically progressive approach to the processes of project risk management Demonstrates how to recognize the drivers of project risks and the factors which shape them Emphasizes the importance of capturing and exploiting project risk knowledge Provides guidance about implementing and building (or improving) project risk management systems in organizations Managing Project Risks will benefit practitioners and students of project management across a wide range of industries and professions. |
| decision tree analysis project management: A Project Manager's Book of Tools and Techniques Cynthia Snyder Dionisio, 2018-02-21 A practical guide for putting PMBOK concepts to work A Project Manager’s Book of Tools and Techniques is an invaluable resource for students and working professionals alike. Whether you’re preparing for the PMP exam or just looking to optimize your project management skills, this book provides detailed explanations for over 100 essential tools described in the Project Management Institute’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) Sixth Edition. Going beyond theory and concept to real-world practice, these tools and techniques are the “how” of effective project management; from planning, to implementation, to oversight, and beyond, all phases of the project are represented here to help you more effectively apply critical PMBOK concepts. Comprehensive examples illustrate real-world implementation, and detailed discussion provides expert guidance for both new and experienced project management professionals. Knowing what to do is much different from knowing how to do it; even perfect understanding of the PMBOK Guide doesn’t automatically translate into effective practice. This book is designed to help you bridge that gap and expertly apply current project management standards. Delve deeper into the practical tools described in the PMBOK Guide—Sixth Edition Follow detailed examples that illustrate effective project management methods Master project management applications in preparation for the PMP exam Graduate from theory to practice with powerful tools and techniques for success Concepts are only valuable once they are applied—and then they become a skill set that gets results. The PMBOK Guide is the ultimate authority on project management concepts, but translating those concepts into applicable skills requires a detailed understanding of the tools of the field. A Project Manager’s Book of Tools and Techniques is a practical manual for putting essential project management concepts into practice. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Establishing a Performance Index for Construction Project Managers Virendra Kumar Paul, Sushil Kumar Solanki, Abhijit Rastogi, Parnika Singh Yadav, 2023-03-07 Assessment of professional competence for project managers and the measure of project success is well-trodden ground in the research and professional project management literature. Whilst standards and certifications like PMBOK and the IPMA competence baseline have been developed as a guide for the development of project managers’ competence, the manifestation of these competencies into good performance is neither guaranteed nor always easily ascertainable. This book presents a brand new, comprehensive, and reliable quantitative tool to assess the performance of a construction project manager. Though the performance of a project construction manager may be judged on time and cost criteria of a project, there is still no one conclusive evaluation tool based on the varied criteria or competencies that are usually ascribed to them. This book develops a performance index for construction project professionals which can be indicative of their performance measured over varied attributes over the lifetime of their professional development. This index has the potential to provide all project stakeholders with better control over selecting appropriate resources for managing projects and drive the project professional from within towards improving his/her credentials with every project. This book can be used by aspiring and practising project managers for measuring their own performance and assessing their relative strengths and weaknesses. Organizations can use the tool as a benchmark to select the best of their human resources for their projects, and training institutions can use the tool to set a baseline, highlight areas for intervention, and indicate the readiness of trainees to face real world projects. |
| decision tree analysis project management: A Project Manager's Guide to Passing the Project Management (PMP) Exam Brent W Knapp Pmp, 2010-02-03 Apply your project management skills to the unique challenges of information technology (IT) projects with strategies developed in the field by experienced IT project managers. Discover critical success factors and hidden risks?and get proven, cost-effective solutions.This book addresses all areas of IT project management: hardware, software, systems integration, and human resources. In addition, the book addresses the role of the project manager at each phase of the project life cycle and helps you to gain the foundation, experience, techniques and tools to manage each stage of your project. You will learn techniques to set goals tied directly to stakeholder needs, get the most from your project management team and utilize project management tools to get work done on time and within budget.Designed for both new and veteran project managers, this book extends traditional project management concepts into the IT arena. You?ll gain an understanding of the strategies and skills necessary to manage IT projects of any size. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Project Management Leadership Rory Burke, Steve Barron, 2014-04-14 Project Management Leadership is a comprehensive guide to the human factors involved in Project Management, in particular the leadership skills required to ensure successful implementation of current best practice. It provides the latest insights on team building, motivation, collaboration, and networking skills, and the way these can be harnessed to manage a successful project. Exercises and worked examples are provided throughout. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Mechanics of Project Management Adedeji B. Badiru, S. Abidemi Badiru, I. Adetokunboh Badiru, 2018-10-25 Every organizational endeavor is based on project management. Projects range from simple to complex, with a definite beginning and a definite end. In manufacturing, as an example, the production of each unit of a product is defined as a project. The lifecycle goes from raw material to the product delivery stage, with steps in between managed as a rigorous project. This book covers the mechanics of project management and offers the requirements for executing a project using a systems-engineering framework and the project management body of knowledge, as advocated by the Project Management Institute. It includes the nuts and bolts for untangling the knots that often exist in project execution. Features Offers a unique guide to management projects, both big and small, in all spheres of human endeavor Presents the nuts and bolts of untangling the typical knots in project execution in a step-by-step format Applies to all types of projects, including technical, manufacturing, financial, science, engineering, and personal projects Provides a structured guide to the application of project management techniques Uses the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) framework from the Project Management Institute (PMI) as the platform for the topics covered, coupled with a systems view Addresses technical and managerial aspects of projects in every industry |
| decision tree analysis project management: The Practice of Project Management Enzo Frigenti, Dennis Comninos, 2002 Addressing the concepts and issues of business project management, this book assists organisations in making the shift from a narrow, strong, technical focus on project management to a broader, more business-oriented focus. |
| decision tree analysis project management: PROJECT MANAGEMENT Dr. Sanjay Kumar, Anisha Deshwal, 2024-02-01 Buy PROJECT MANAGEMENT e-Book for BBA 6th Semester Common Minimum Syllabus as per NEP for all UP State Universities By Thakur publication. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Fundamentals of Project Management James P. Lewis, 2002 Updated concepts and tools to set up project plans, schedule work, monitor progress-and consistently achieve desired project results.In today's time-based and cost-conscious global business environment, tight project deadlines and stringent expectations are the norm. This classic book provides businesspeople with an excellent introduction to project management, supplying sound, basic information (along with updated tools and techniques) to understand and master the complexities and nuances of project management. Clear and down-to-earth, this step-by-step guide explains how to effectively spearhead every stage of a project-from developing the goals and objectives to managing the project team-and make project management work in any company. This updated second edition includes: * New material on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) * Do's and don'ts of implementing scheduling software* Coverage of the PMP certification offered by the Project Management Institute* Updated information on developing problem statements and mission statements* Techniques for implementing today's project management technologies in any organization-in any industry. |
| decision tree analysis project management: Introduction to Project Management Davies A. Igberaese, 2022-09-02 This book presents the fundamentals of project management in simple language and an easy-to-understand format. It is targeted principally at those who are learning or desiring to learn project management as well as those who are already taking project management as a course of study or as a profession. It covers all the basic aspects of project management including the core areas prescribed by the Project Management Institute (PMI) in the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) sixth edition. Although the PMBOK Guide seventh edition has significantly shifted focus from a process based standard to a principle based standard, it does not invalidate nor replace the detailed knowledge base contained in the sixth edition, which substantially emphasizes project management processes and knowledge areas. This is particularly apt for the traditional approach to project delivery, which is predictive in nature and has the bulk of the planning done upfront. The sections of the book are arranged in order of Project Management Processes as they fall within the respective Project Management Knowledge Areas. Experienced project manager, Davies Igberaese, presents all the basic content of traditional project management in a straightforward practical sequence as a typical project manager would go about the processes of initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, and closing a project without losing sight of the iterative nature of project management. The inclusion of Project Management Templates gives students and other users of the book the confidence required to effectively understand the basics of managing a wide variety of projects across disciplines including construction, building, industrial engineering, petroleum engineering, software engineering, information technology, business administration, and event management. Introduction to Project Management: A Source Book for Traditional PM Basics can serve as a core textbook for academic courses in project management, for preparing for PMP and CAPM Certification exams, as an excellent resource for new project managers, as well as a handy reference book for project sponsors. |
| decision tree analysis project management: AI-Driven Project Management Kristian Bainey, 2024-04-02 Accelerate your next project with artificial intelligence and ChatGPT In AI-Driven Project Management: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence and ChatGPT to Achieve Peak Productivity and Success, veteran IT and project management advisor Kristian Bainey delivers an insightful collection of strategies for automating the administration and management of projects. In the book, the author focuses on four key areas where project leaders can achieve improved results with AI's data-centric capabilities: minimizing surprises, minimizing bias, increasing standards, and accelerating decision making. You'll also find: Primers on the role of AI and ChatGPT in Agile, Hybrid, and Predictive approaches to project management How to accurately forecast a project with ChatGPT Techniques for crafting impactful AI strategy using AI project management principles Perfect for managers, executives, and business leaders everywhere, AI-Driven Project Management is also a must-read for project management professionals, tech professionals and enthusiasts, and anyone else interested in the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and project management. |
Project Analysis using Decision Trees and Options
Decisions on projects always involve uncertainty. How do you deal with it? Risk Analysis: Factor the risk into either the discount rate or the expected cash flows explicitly, and calculate risk …
Use Decision Trees to Make Important Project Decisions
We can illustrate decision tree analysis by considering a common decision faced on a project. We are the prime contractor and there is a penalty in our contract with the main client for every …
Decision Analysis in Projects: Decision Trees - Western …
articles laid the groundwork for decision making under uncertainty based upon value. This third installment be-gins tying together those concepts using an example decision tree analysis. …
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND DECISION TREES TOOLS FOR …
This is why tools and processes like Decision Trees and Root Cause Analysis is so important, because they can help us to be better decision makers.
Four Ways to do Project Analysis Project Analysis / Decision …
Four Ways to do Project Analysis. • Statistical / Regression Analysis (forecasting) • Sensitivity Analysis • Monte Carlo Simulations • Decision Trees. Decision Tree. What’ s the difference?
Decision Trees, EMV and Thee - PM World Library
Decision Tree Analysis attempts to take the major risk factors into consideration ⎯ both negative and positive ⎯ into consideration in all options, depicting them in a complex multi-stage decision
Project Schedules and Decision Trees - Intaver
Using this information, Harry and Marv started to construct a decision tree. First, they drew a decision node (rectangle) associated with their strategic decision - which home will they rob. …
Project risk management using multiple criteria decision …
William (1995) reviews decision support systems (DSS) for managing project risk covering identification, analysis and response development and risk control. This review demonstrates …
Chapter 14 Decision Tree Analysis and Utility Theory - Springer
A decision tree is a method for structuring and sequencing the decisions and their possible consequences. The decisions and events are arranged in the order or se-
Decision Tree Analysis for the Risk Averse Organization
This paper summarizes the traditional decision tree analysis based on expected monetary value (EMV) and contrasts that approach to the risk averse organization’s use of expected utility (E(U)).
The Application of Decision Tree Classification Algorithm on …
In this light, the study emphasizes the human element in data interpretation and decision-making, acknowledging that the system's output will require human interaction, analysis, and ethical …
Decision Analysis in Projects: Monte Carlo Simulation
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth tutorial in this series about decision analysis. We are planning approximately ten installments: DECISION ANALYSIS IN PROJECTS
Project risk management using multiple criteria decision …
This study proposes an integrated analytical framework for effective management of project risks using combined multiple criteria decision-making technique and decision tree analysis.
DECISION TREE TECHNIQUE – A USEFUL TOOL FOR THE …
Abstract: The paper proposes a valuable technique used in project management – the Decision Tree Technique. The application of the Decision Tree Technique in the paper is based on the …
Use Decision Trees to Make Important Project Decisions1 By …
We use sensitivity analysis to look at the importance of data accuracy in decision-making, whether it is worth gathering more data, which depends on the accuracy of the existing data and …
Decision Analysis in Projects: Other Probabilistic Techniques
sion analysis: decision tree analysis and Monte Carlo simulation. There are some alternatives, including new techniques, which are suited to certain project man-agement situations. This …
THE JOURNAL OF AACE®INTERNATIONAL - Project Risk
Decision trees help organizations choose between alternative courses of action, for instance project management strategies, when the results of such actions are uncertain. The decision …
Decision Analysis in Products: Value of Information
In the last article, we introduced decision tree analysis, a popular way to calculate the value of decision alternatives under uncer- tainty. This installment shows how to value an alternative to …
Decision Analysis in Projects:Summary and Recommendations
This is the last in a series of 12 tutorials about the probabilistic methods of decision analysis. This installment summarizes the decision analysis approach to problem solving and discusses …
Decision Analysis in Projects:Utility and Multi-Criteria Decisions
This is the tenth in a series of twelve tutorials about the probabilistic methods of decision analysis. This installment discusses decision policies for where an objective, monetary assessment of …
Project Analysis using Decision Trees and Options
Decisions on projects always involve uncertainty. How do you deal with it? Risk Analysis: Factor the risk into either the discount rate or the expected cash flows explicitly, and calculate risk …
Use Decision Trees to Make Important Project Decisions
We can illustrate decision tree analysis by considering a common decision faced on a project. We are the prime contractor and there is a penalty in our contract with the main client for every …
Decision Analysis in Projects: Decision Trees - Western …
articles laid the groundwork for decision making under uncertainty based upon value. This third installment be-gins tying together those concepts using an example decision tree analysis. …
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS AND DECISION TREES TOOLS FOR …
This is why tools and processes like Decision Trees and Root Cause Analysis is so important, because they can help us to be better decision makers.
Four Ways to do Project Analysis Project Analysis / …
Four Ways to do Project Analysis. • Statistical / Regression Analysis (forecasting) • Sensitivity Analysis • Monte Carlo Simulations • Decision Trees. Decision Tree. What’ s the difference?
Decision Trees, EMV and Thee - PM World Library
Decision Tree Analysis attempts to take the major risk factors into consideration ⎯ both negative and positive ⎯ into consideration in all options, depicting them in a complex multi-stage decision
Project Schedules and Decision Trees - Intaver
Using this information, Harry and Marv started to construct a decision tree. First, they drew a decision node (rectangle) associated with their strategic decision - which home will they rob. …
Project risk management using multiple criteria decision …
William (1995) reviews decision support systems (DSS) for managing project risk covering identification, analysis and response development and risk control. This review demonstrates …
Chapter 14 Decision Tree Analysis and Utility Theory - Springer
A decision tree is a method for structuring and sequencing the decisions and their possible consequences. The decisions and events are arranged in the order or se-
Decision Tree Analysis for the Risk Averse Organization
This paper summarizes the traditional decision tree analysis based on expected monetary value (EMV) and contrasts that approach to the risk averse organization’s use of expected utility (E(U)).
The Application of Decision Tree Classification Algorithm on …
In this light, the study emphasizes the human element in data interpretation and decision-making, acknowledging that the system's output will require human interaction, analysis, and ethical …
Decision Analysis in Projects: Monte Carlo Simulation
Editor’s Note: This is the fifth tutorial in this series about decision analysis. We are planning approximately ten installments: DECISION ANALYSIS IN PROJECTS
Project risk management using multiple criteria decision …
This study proposes an integrated analytical framework for effective management of project risks using combined multiple criteria decision-making technique and decision tree analysis.
DECISION TREE TECHNIQUE – A USEFUL TOOL FOR THE …
Abstract: The paper proposes a valuable technique used in project management – the Decision Tree Technique. The application of the Decision Tree Technique in the paper is based on the …
Use Decision Trees to Make Important Project Decisions1 …
We use sensitivity analysis to look at the importance of data accuracy in decision-making, whether it is worth gathering more data, which depends on the accuracy of the existing data and …
Decision Analysis in Projects: Other Probabilistic Techniques
sion analysis: decision tree analysis and Monte Carlo simulation. There are some alternatives, including new techniques, which are suited to certain project man-agement situations. This …
THE JOURNAL OF AACE®INTERNATIONAL - Project Risk
Decision trees help organizations choose between alternative courses of action, for instance project management strategies, when the results of such actions are uncertain. The decision …
Decision Analysis in Products: Value of Information
In the last article, we introduced decision tree analysis, a popular way to calculate the value of decision alternatives under uncer- tainty. This installment shows how to value an alternative to …
Decision Analysis in Projects:Summary and Recommendations
This is the last in a series of 12 tutorials about the probabilistic methods of decision analysis. This installment summarizes the decision analysis approach to problem solving and discusses …
Decision Analysis in Projects:Utility and Multi-Criteria Decisions
This is the tenth in a series of twelve tutorials about the probabilistic methods of decision analysis. This installment discusses decision policies for where an objective, monetary assessment of …
