Dynamic project scheduling with reduction of activity durations

Toshihisa Fujiwara, Hiroshi Morita and Haruhiko Suwa

International Journal of Project Organisation and Management, 2016, vol. 8, issue 3, 259-274

Abstract: This paper deals with a generalised dynamic decision-making model in project scheduling by focusing on both of how we generate an efficient project schedule (how-to-schedule policy) and when a currently-used schedule should be modified (when-to-schedule policy). We propose a new approach to such dynamic project scheduling by using critical path method (CPM) as a how-to-schedule policy. In this approach, we consider adding resources as much as needed to shorten the processing time of some activities so that the project deadline can be met. This CPM-based schedule revision process combined with a when-to-schedule policy is referred to as CPM-based dynamic project scheduling. Through a series of computational experiments, some properties of the proposed method are clarified and the capability of CPM-based dynamic project scheduling is demonstrated.

Keywords: project management; critical path method; CPM; reactive scheduling; processing time; resource constraints; dynamic scheduling; project scheduling; activity durations; decision making. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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