Christine E Whitten, MD, (not pictured) is an SCPMG anesthesiologist in San Diego, CA. She is the Southern California Coordinator of Pain Management and the Clinical Lead for the CMI Chronic Pain Condition Group. E-mail: [email protected]. Marilee Donovan, RN, PhD, (left) is a Manager in the Regional Pain Clinic in Portland, OR. E-mail: [email protected]. Kristene Cristobal, MS,...

The goal of the Imagen Project (Intelligent Multimedia Application Generator) is to develop an innovative publishing system to produce and deliver personalized multimedia products on demand. Imagen fully automates the complex and time consuming tasks of content selection (Content Manager), layout design (Layout Manager) and rights management (Transaction Manager). In this project STAR Lab has i...

In this chapter we study a team dynamic problem in which a group of agents collaborate over time to complete a project. The project progresses at a rate that depends on the agents’ e↵orts, and it generates a payo↵ upon completion. First, we show that agents work harder the closer the project is to completion, and members of a larger team work harder than members of a smaller team both individua...

One of the most important questions in project management is how to assign new projects to project managers. This question is especially challenging when a project manager already leads multiple, concurrent projects, e.g., a multiple-project manager of new product development projects in typical high-tech industries. To address this question, we explored the project assignment process of six ma...

Project management is a knowledge-centric and experience-driven activity supported by the project management information system. In order to use the project management information system efficiently, it is necessary to configure it according to project requirements. The project manager is not always aware of the most appropriate configuration for the particular project. Adequate knowledge would...

In global software development (GSD) projects, all team members (e.g., project manager, quality assurance, technical leader, and developer) can benefit from being aware on the project status regarding their area of responsibility. While there is considerable attention on providing project overview data and tool support to the project manager, there is only weak support for the other roles, resu...