Specialization Areas: Project Management

PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Project Management Faculty
Francis Hartman, George Jergeas, Janaka Ruwanpura, Farnaz Sadeghpour

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SMART Project Management

Continued development of advanced and improved project delivery tools, processes and competencies. Hard and soft issues in project management.

Risk and Uncertainty in Projects

Risk identification and assessment, uncertainty, planning for and managing expectations, project selection, improving early decision-making.

Contracting and Procurement

Alliances, dispute management and avoidance, risk allocation and premiums in contracts, sustainability of contract arrangements, impact of legal precedents, international contract.

Value Management

Constructability, value engineering, cost effectiveness, neural networks, artificial intelligence, resource optimization (stochastic and heuristic processes and models).

Social Issues in Project Management

Resistance to technological change, distributed teams, perceptions of stakeholders, team effectiveness, cultural issues, international project management.

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Research Resources
Project Management website