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dc.contributor.authorVanacker, Laura
dc.contributor.authorVan Raemdonck, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorServranckx, Tom
dc.contributor.authorVanhoucke, Mario
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-08T20:01:52Z
dc.date.available2019-05-08T20:01:52Z
dc.date.issued2018en_US
dc.identifier.issn2317-3963
dc.identifier.doi10.19255/JMPM01701
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12127/6348
dc.description.abstractIn small and medium enterprises, resources from within the company are often used to fulfill small-scale projects. This paper discusses the influence of project resource allocation on the operational workflow of small and medium enterprises based on a case study. More precisely, the capacity of certain business operations will be lowered due to the allocation of scarce resources to projects. Subsequently, this might result in a temporarily lower throughput in the business processes and thus a potential loss of profitability. As a result, project scheduling and resource management have a clear impact on the planning and execution of the daily operations. In case that the deterministic estimates of project durations and costs are used, without accounting for risk and uncertainty, project delays are highly likely. Given the relation between project and business resource allocation, project delays might lead to difficulties in meeting targets in the daily operations. This paper presents an approach to incorporate the above effect in the decision-making process of portfolio management, i.e. the choice to initiate a project given the negative impact on the business processes. The decision-making process that results from this fundamental trade-off is demonstrated using a real-life project, which could provide valuable insights to project managers in small and medium enterprises.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJMPM - Mundo Pressen_US
dc.subjectProject Resource Allocationen_US
dc.subjectBusiness Processesen_US
dc.titleThe influence of project resource allocation on the resource capacity of the business processesen_US
dc.identifier.journalThe Journal of Modern Project Managementen_US
dc.source.volume6en_US
dc.source.issue2en_US
dc.source.beginpage6en_US
dc.source.endpage17en_US
dc.contributor.departmentGhent Universityen_US
vlerick.knowledgedomainOperations & Supply Chain Managementen_US
vlerick.typearticleJournal article
vlerick.vlerickdepartmentTOMen_US
dc.identifier.vperid58614en_US


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