Increasing project complexity makes scheduling problems more difficult to solve and requires more versatile algorithms. Two different approaches for the project scheduling optimization could be considered: TCPSP (Time-Constrained Project Scheduling), and RCPSP (Resource-Constrained Project...

Modern concepts, like team collaboration and project management, have to backed up by modern software tools, with economic efficiency.

Today we witness an increase in the role of universities in civil society. The international trends show the universities’ openness towards the alternative offered by new technologies. The article shows the actual perspectives in our country, presents the main characteristics and the structure...

The aim of the study is to present and describe a possible interaction between currently en vogue economic spheres – project management and marketing. On the basis of the research carried out, the authors identify key elements of marketing instrumentary which might be applied by project...

Project management in academic studies tends to be regarded as an adequate solution to the problems raised by innovation. This paper sets out to question this tendency to equate projects and innovation which, in our view, can lead to the improper use of projects to manage innovation. We argue...

Many industrial firms are implementing fundamental changes in their organizations to increase the efficiency of their product development processes. Here we focus on the relations between project management models and the permanent organization and processes of the firm. The case of the French...

In the literature on new product development, most existing studies on the end of the design process concentrate on managing ramp-up in the field of manufactured products. This situation poses a problem at a time when our economies increasingly depend upon services and products are more and more...

Recent literature on innovation strategy and organizational change has challenged the classical punctuated equilibrium pattern that alternates long periods of stability with short bursts of radical change in the dominant design of products. Research into high-tech sectors such as the computer...

The concept of project management earns, since 1990, more and more adepts due to the fact that it has proved to be a useful tool in handling socio-economic challenges. The training on project management and the certification of the professionals knows a very fast development in our country. The...

Integration process of Romania in the European Union after January 1, 2007, assumes new connotations and implications, meaning the change of access to sources of funding. Structural Funds allow both, state institutions (public sector) and private organizations (private sector), to propose and...