Improving project cost estimation by taking into account managerial flexibility

Jørgensen, Trond and Wallace, S W (2000) Improving project cost estimation by taking into account managerial flexibility. European Journal of Operational Research, 127 (2). pp. 239-251. ISSN 0377-2217

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Abstract

Project costs tend to be higher than depicted by budgets. Irrespective of the quality of the project management, this indicates that the budgets are not established in a way which is consistent with how projects are run. Good budgets should on average lead to zero cost overruns. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how project costs (if they are based on models) can be better estimated by taking into account how projects are actually run, in particular, how managerial flexibility adds value to a project. The purpose is not to advocate better ways of running a project, but to obtain better estimates of what projects cost, given the way they are run.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
European Journal of Operational Research
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2600/2611
Subjects:
?? project managementtime-cost trade-off stochastic dynamic schedulingmodelling and simulationmanagement science and operations researchinformation systems and managementdiscipline-based research ??
ID Code:
45381
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Deposited On:
11 Jul 2011 18:31
Refereed?:
Yes
Published?:
Published
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15 Jul 2024 12:08