Project Management and Scheduling

Universitat Politècnica de València and Universitat de València, Spain

PMS is an international conference series devoted to Project Management and Scheduling. It was inaugurated by the European Working Group on Project Management and Scheduling (EWG), coordinated by Prof. Jan Weglarz from the Poznan University of Technology (Poland). The EWG gathers together more than hundred members, primarily from various European countries. 

New book:

Integrated Project Management Sourcebook: A Technical Guide to Project Scheduling, Risk and Control

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New publication:

Incentive contract design for projects: The owner's perspective

In our most recent publication in the Omega - The International Journal of Management Science, a novel model to assess the impact of the contract structure of a project on the expected profitability and incentive behavious of project contractor and owner has been analysed.

Project Management at Ghent University

University Contest 2016

When: Thursday March 17, 2016
Where: Business Faculty, Sint Lendriksborre 6, 1120 Brussels
What: The chapter evening of PMI Belgium 

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New publication:

Payment models and net present value optimization for resource-constrained project scheduling

In our most recent publication in the Computers and Industrial Engineering, three payments models for the single- and multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem have been proposed and tested using artificial project data. It is a follow-up study of the master thesis awarded by PMI Belgium.

New publication:

An overview of project data for integrated project management and control

In our most recent publication in the Journal of Modern Project Management (written during my stay in Portugal) an overview of artificial and empirical datasets is given that can be used by academics and professionals for research purposes. The data can be downloaded from www.projectmanagement.ugent.be/research/data.

Free book on academic research

A new book that gives a summary of the research papers written at the Operations Research & Scheduling (OR&S) group over the last two decades is now available! It's free as long as you share it via Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn (click at the following link):

New publication:

A comparative study of Artificial Intelligence methods for project duration forecasting

In our most recent publication in the Expert Systems with Applications, a comparison between various machine learning methods has been made to improve the accuracy of project duration forecasting. It is a follow-up study of the previous study using Support Vector Machines.

New publication:

Classification of articles and journals on project control and earned value management

Doing research on project control? Start with reviewing the current literature!

In our most recent publication in the International Journal of Project Management, a literature overview is given on the use of project control methods using the Earned Value Management methodology, and future research directions are highlighted.

Interested in research? Get a PhD!

The Operations Research and Scheduling (OR&S) group at the faculty of Economics and Business Administration (Ghent University) has multiple vacancies for PhD students interested in the field of Operations Research/Management Science, Personnel and Resource Management and Project Management. Starting in September/October 2016.