The aim of a multi-mode resource-constrained project scheduling problem (MRCPSP) is to assign resource(s) with the restricted capacity to an execution mode of activities by considering relationship constraints, to achieve pre-determined objective(s). These goals vary with managers or decision makers of any organization who should determine suitable objective(s) considering organization strategi...

The explicit management of project experience (lessons learned on project planning and execution) has become of strategic importance to many organizations. This paper describes how to set-up and run a case-based repository for sharing project experience using an industrial-strength case study. The case study shows that it is both effective and efficient for the information seeker to have an exp...

Gas industry plays an important role in the global energy sector, and coming decades amountsof natural gas production will only increase. One of fastest growing trends is liquefiednatural (LNG), which associated with necessity to organize flexible systems supply regions,remote from extraction sites. Industrial structure LNG includes projects, belonging several different groups depending their s...

A project, especially for one in China, usually involves many organizations and each organization may have multiple projects. There is a clear social network relationship between these stakeholders in a project and the stakeholders’ behaviors are also subject to the structure of the social network. Based on an analysis of the social network, as a methodology that can be used to explain the rela...

The relatively new field of open educational resources (OER) is just now receiving more widespread attention and study. As such, there have been few opportunities thus far to share knowledge across program, organizational and national boundaries. This article presents a case study of the development of the South African project Free High School Science Texts (FHSST). Based on observations of pr...

BACKGROUND This study is part of an interactive improvement intervention aimed to facilitate empowerment-based chronic kidney care using data from persons with CKD and their family members. There are many challenges to implementing empowerment-based care, and it is therefore necessary to study the implementation process. The aim of this study was to generate knowledge regarding the implementati...

With GroupOrga (Groupware Based Organization Design) we present a "thinkable" application environment and framework for distributed and collaborative organization design. The relationship between collaboration and organization structure is touched by addressing the question how people in an organization can collaboratively design constantly evolving organization structures. After specifying the...