Name
Abstract | ||
|---|---|---|
The purpose of this paper is to propose a new approach for modeling project activitiesand networks of project activities based
on a digital circuit metaphor upon which a projectscheduling tool could be built. Each activity is represented by one or more
digital circuitelements where the inputs to the elements are the requirements that must be satisfied beforethat activity can
begin. We demonstrate that our model has all the capabilities of traditionalmodels such as PERT/CPM. We then extend our model
to incorporate additional featuresnot currently supported by most traditional models. We illustrate the use of AND, OR,NAND,
NOR, and XOR gates in the creation of a project network and show how combina-tionsof these elements can be used to represent
arbitrarily complex activity requirements.Finally, we discuss how our model could be used to create an open, flexible, extendible
anddistributable project planning tool that supports continuous process improvement. The paperpresents the model and how it
was developed as an analogue of digital circuit design. Thus,it serves two audiences: those interested in the modeling process
and those interested in anovel approach to project scheduling. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
1998 | 10.1023/A:1018995610856 | Annals OR |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Propagation Delay,Project Schedule,Digital Circuit,Logical Relationship,Project Network | Mathematical optimization,Schedule (project management),Digital electronics,Software engineering,Propagation delay,Simulation,Computer science,XOR gate,NAND gate,Project planning,Project network,Digital circuit design | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
82 | 0 | 1572-9338 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
1 | 0.38 | 7 |
Authors | ||
3 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Knotts | 1 | 2 | 0.74 |
| Moshe Dror | 2 | 574 | 64.77 |
| Bruce Hartman | 3 | 3 | 1.77 |