The Frontiers of Project Management Research

The final section of the book offers a variety of current, state-of-the-art project management techniques. In this section, issues of both a behavioral and technical nature are examined. They offer some important guidelines for improving project management practice.
Timothy Lowe and Richard Wendell have developed a decision model for minimizing the risks associated with a variety of project management decisious. Their decision tree model, employing a variety of branching options, offers both research directions and practical applications for scientists and practitioners. Chapter 20 Managing Risks in Projects with Decision Technologies.
M. Alquier, E. Cagno, F. Caron, V. Leopoulos, and M. A. Ridao also address the nature of risk management, focusing particularly on risk identification and analysis during the early and late phases of project development. Using the Project Risk Management (PRIMA) model, they offer guidelines for developing risk-driven approaches for...