Earned Value Management is a critical project managementmethodology that evaluates project performance from cost andschedule viewpoints. The novel theoretical framework presented in thispaper estimates future performance of project regarding the past relativeinformation. It benefits from fuzzy regression (FR) models in estimationprocess in order to deal with the vagueness and impreciseness ofre...

the aim of this research was to determine the relationship between leadership style and risk management behaviors in physical education department heads and directors of islamic azad universities in different provinces in iran. the research used a descriptive correlation approach which was carried out by a field method. for this purpose, 72 department heads and directors of islamic azad univers...

This paper presents an application of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) to forecast actual cost of a project based on the earned value management system (EVMS). For this purpose, some projects randomly selected based on the standard data set , and it is produced necessary progress data such as actual cost ,actual percent complete , baseline cost and percent complete for five periods of project. T...

Background: The preparedness and safety of hospitals in disasters are essential to maintain the health and survival of the community. Numerous studies have shown that the level of preparedness of Iranian hospitals is moderate and low. Lack of comprehensive hospital standards for disaster preparedness is one of the reasons. This study aimed to develop hospital accreditation standards for hospita...

Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) has become critical for organizations and so is the need to support this by ICT. This paper positions GRC into an integrated strategic perspective, providing guidelines to assess maturity and defining paths for achieving strategic alignment. The approach is applied to two case studies, clarifying the organizations’ GRC maturity “as is” and “to be”. These ca...

Project control has been a research topic since decades that attracts both academics and practitioners. Project control systems indicate the direction of change in preliminary planning variables compared with actual performance. In case their current project performance deviates from the planned performance, a warning is indicated by the system in order to take corrective actions. Earned value ...

This talk discusses how agile methods can be used for managing high-risk, time-sensitive R&D-oriented new product development (NPD) projects with demanding customers and fast-changing market conditions. It establishes the context, provides a definition, and describes the value-system for lean and agile project management. It provides a brief survey of popular lean and agile project management a...