The Dynamic Progress Method: Using Advanced Simulation to Improve Project Planning and Management

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J. Chris White Robert M. Sholtes

The Dynamic Progress Method

Using Advanced Simulation to Improve Project Planning and Management

J. Chris White, Robert M. Sholtes

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CRC Press
30 September 2021

Project management; Engineering: general; Environmental science, engineering & technology; Network management; Computer science

Recent computer-based tools for project planning and management focus on user-friendliness and interconnectivity. However, these programs function on the Critical Path Method, or CPM, which was created in the 1950s. These programs, which involve simplistic models and methods, ignore the fact that the underlying computations on which they function have become woefully inadequate for the complex projects of today.

The product of nearly a decade of work, The Dynamic Progress Method: Using Advanced Simulation to Improve Project Planning and Management provides an overview of the research conducted while illustrating some of the issues with current approaches. It presents the Dynamic Progress Method (DPM), an innovative simulation-based approach to project management. It also includes instructions on how to use the accompanying DPM-based simulation tool pmBLOX to plan, manage, and analyze projects.

This groundbreaking book is a must-have resource for project planning and management. It introduces a new and better way of planning, estimating, and managing projects that corrects some of the fundamental flaws of the CPM. It brings the computational integrity of planning simulations up to speed with modern needs, making it useful not only to current project managers but also to students who will become project managers.

By: J. Chris White, Robert M. Sholtes
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 349g
ISBN: 9781032179742
ISBN 10: 1032179740
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 30 September 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"Introduction. Why ""Dynamic Progress Method?"" The Current Status of Project Management. Critical Path Method and Earned Value Management. The New Approach of Dynamic Progress Method. Overview of the Dynamic Progress Method Simulation Model. Overview of pmBLOX. Advanced Capabilities of Dynamic Progress Method."

J. Chris White earned his BS in aerospace engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and his MS in industrial engineering from the University of Michigan. He is President of ViaSim Solutions and is also an adjunct instructor at the University of Texas at Dallas and Texas A&M University–Commerce. He is a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) as well as a Lean Sensei and a Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He has published numerous articles in the fields of leadership, total quality management, Six Sigma, project management, strategic management, and simulation. Robert M. Sholtes earned his BS in aeronautical and astronautical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and his MS in engineering and public policy from Washington University in St. Louis. He has been a special instructor at the George Washington University and an assistant instructor and research assistant at Washington University. He has published several articles and presented several conference papers in the fields of software development, simulation, and genetic algorithm optimization techniques.