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Showing 1 to 20 of 129 for “"Overruns"”.
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Time and cost overruns on high-rise building construction in Bangladesh
… in developing countries may suffer from time overruns, which are associated with cost overruns. This research project investigated both time and cost overruns on high-rise building projects in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Surprisingly, preliminary data analysis showed negligible cost overruns in …
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Analysis and quantification of risk of cost overruns in construction projects
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1985.
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Forecasting project progress and early warning of project overruns with probabilistic methods
Forecasting is a critical component of project management. Project managers must be able to make reliable predictions about the final duration and cost of projects starting from project inception. Such predictions need to be revised and compared with the project?s objectives to obtain early …
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Control-Theoretic Decision Support for Mitigation of Modeled Software Project Cost Overruns
<p>Despite sixty years of practice, the production of software remains an endeavor that is difficult to manage according to a schedule. Control theory studies the ability to influence the dynamical behavior of systems to achieve desired behaviors or eliminate undesired behaviors. In this work, the …
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Explaining cost overruns in highway projects : a geo-spatial regression modelling and cognitive mapping of latent pathogens and contextual drivers
… the cause of the unusually high cost overruns experienced in highway projects, executed in the tropical wetland setting of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. An expansive range of research from academe, revealed a strong dialectical debate between the theoretical and technical schools …
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Application of critical chain to staged software development
… with reduced functionality. Average cost overruns are 189%; average schedule overruns are 222% (The Standish Group). The software development process and the project management techniques are critical components in completing a development project on time and on budget. Critical Chain …
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Sobrecustos e atrasos de megaprojetos de energia: quando maior é pior
… plants. It were obtained the results of cost overruns and delays probability distribution curves for all the sources, as well as an evaluation of geographical and size influence of the project on the variables cost and delay. A qualitative analysis was made of the cost overruns and delays in …
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Evaluating the optimal innovative cost control techniques used in the South African construction industry
… have a negative impact on project costs. Cost overruns have been determined as a phenomenon continually plaguing the construction industry in both private and public sectors, and very few projects are completed within cost parameters. This research evaluated the barriers to the use of …
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A Hybrid Simulation Model for Understanding and Managing Non-Value Adding Activities in Large-Scale Design and Construction Projects
… minimize the risk of schedule delays and cost overruns in their large-scale construction projects.
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Framework for the reduction of programmatic risk on complex systems projects
… in the Defense Industry of budget and schedule overruns. Defense projects are complex systems of humans, software, and hardware interacting in unpredictable and often-uncontrolled ways. The research presented in this thesis demonstrates that component and systemic failures in DoD systems have …
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Develop a Lean project management framework for the construction companies in order to improve the time and cost efficiencies of their construction operations
… firms to address the problem of time and cost overruns. It uses Simio 10 computer simulation software to simulate the impact of Kanban's adoption on the time and cost efficiencies of construction activities using 54 real-life scenarios. It identifies the key drivers, enablers and barriers to …
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Risk management system to guide building construction projects’ in developing countries: a case study of Nigeria
… construction projects at the risk of cost, time overruns as well as poor quality delivery. Considering the limited resources of developing countries, there is need to complete building projects on-time, on-budget, and to meet optimal quality hence, risk management is an important part of the …
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Modularity as an enabler for evolutionary acquisition
… well to these pressures resulting in cost overruns and schedule delays becoming the norm. In an effort to change this situation, national security officials decided to fundamentally change the way systems were acquired, shifting the focus to systems that could evolve/adapt to changing …
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Modelling uncertainty of cost and time in infrastructure projects
… infrastructure projects is characterised by cost overruns and time delays. Scholars view that the estimation approach and inappropriate tools and techniques used to forecast possible uncertainty in the construction processes are a primary cause of cost overruns and time delays on construction …
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Characterizing uncertainty to manage risk in spacecraft development with application to structures and mass
… the leading causes of program cost and schedule overruns. Traditional methods of uncertainty management are deterministic, using industry standards to predict worst-case inputs and designing systems accordingly. However, this method can lead to inefficient use of resources due to excessive need …
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A Work Package-Based Process Model for Petrochemical Construction Planning
… that some of the project delays and cost overruns may be attributed to the lack of detailed levels of work packaging.
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Explicating excessive financial resource allocation by building control in achieving regulatory conformity in domestic extensions
… The empirical evidence established resource use overruns were found in all districts researched and up to half of domestic extension activity failed to cover fee income. The presumption of regulators and regulatees was that overruns were caused by the poor practices of inadequate Builders. …
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Automated Spatial Progress Monitoring for Asphalt Road Construction Projects
… 77% of transportation projects experience cost overruns, and as much as 75% of these overruns have been attributed to “real” construction management factors like progress monitoring. Progress is measured on road construction sites in terms of completion percentages at various activity and work …
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The Metaphor of The Prairie in Nineteenth-Century American Poetry
… wilderness, the new political and social order overruns the natural order. The values of the wilderness are threatened by overpopulation and cultivation. In short, the idea of a democracy threatens man's idea of self-worth, as self-worth is defined by man's place in and relationship to nature. …
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Mitigation von Risiken durch kooperative Projektabwicklung. Lösungsansätze zur Vermeidung unerwarteter Kostensteigerungen im Hochbau
… examines the occurrence of unexpected cost overruns in the implementation of large construction projects. It taking into account the particularities of the construction industry and on the basis of exemplary projects. Through a critical review of the scientific literature on the subject, it …
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