R&D project scheduling when activities may fail

• Main Authors: DE REYCK, Bert, LEUS, Roel
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Project management; scheduling; risk; research and development; analysis of algorithms; computational complexity; Business Administration, Management, and Operations; Management Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6753; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7752/viewcontent/R_D_project_scheduling_when_activities_may_fail.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

An R&D project typically consists of several stages. Due to technological risks, the project may have to be terminated before completion, each stage having a specific likelihood of success. In the project planning and scheduling literature, this technological uncertainty has typically been ignor...