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INESC TEC meets OR&S

Jun
08

INESC TEC Porto and OR&S Ghent

On June 5th, 2015, four members of the Operations Research and Scheduling group were invited at INESCTEC Porto. A workshop organized by colleague and friend José Coelho, who currently collaborates on a four-months research project in Lisbon (Portugal) with Mario Vanhoucke on Branch-and-Bound searches for scheduling.

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Communication in PM (Lisbon)

May
26

Communication in Project Management 

Computer supported education

The conference

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Flashback: PMI Belgium Research

May
19

PMI Belgium Research Collaboration Fund

Value for money! And time for a refund?

Almost 8 years ago, in 2007, PMI Belgium gave an award, known as the PMI Research Collaboration Fund (RCF), to Mario Vanhoucke for the research on Earned Value Management and project control. At the PMI Belgium website, they describe the purpose of this research fund. More precisely, the purpose of this research funding was threefold, as follows:

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New book: The Art of Project Management (ed. 3)

May
15

The Art of Project Management

A Story about Work and Passion, Edition 3

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ORASTalks on Facebook

May
08

ORASTalks on Facebook

Find your favourite blogs on Project Management now on Facebook! Join the group by clicking on the picture below and ask for permission to join. You can comment on blogs, folders, research articles, and much more. Of course, you can still download the separate app via the Apple, Android and Windows Phone stores here.

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Operations Management

Apr
27

Message to B.Sc. students of our faculty

As you know, next Wednesday, April 29, 2015, an information session will be given on the choices you can make next year in the M.Sc. of Business Engineering. As we agreed to present only 30 minutes to show you the content of each sub-discipline (Operations Management, Data Analytics and Finance), that means we can only use 10 minutes for each discipline. Not enough... to tell you what Operations Management really is, with little to no room to discuss all the details.

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Three book reviews

Apr
08

It takes three to tango

Three books / three reviews!

In the past few years, I have written three books on Project Management and Control (PM), published by Springer, that each focus on the PM topic from a different angle: one is about PM research, another is a student handbook and finally there is one that gives a summary of formulas, calculations and illustrations.

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New publication: SRA Overview

Apr
01

New publication:

An overview of Schedule Risk Analysis in Project Management

In the most recent edition of the Journal of Modern Project Management, an overview is given on the recent research endeavors and future expected trends on Schedule Risk Analysis in Project Management.

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Net Present Value in Scheduling

Mar
24

Optimizing cash flows in project management

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University Contest 2015

Mar
20

Project Management at Ghent University

University Contest 2015

When: Thursday March 19, 2015
Where: USG professionals, Frankrijklei 101, 2000 Antwerpen
What: The chapter evening of PMI Belgium titled "Achieve change with impact"

Download the press release of this article here.

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