Litteraturstudie - Tidligfasevurdering av prosjekter - Concept - NTNU

CONCEPTFront-end Management of Major ProjectsSikring av store investeringsprosjekterplans to reinforce Ford's belief that these methods are resulting in better, fasterplanning and execution of programs.Make Freight Cost Control Part of PlanningRamsdale, Phil; Harvey, SteveJournal of Business Strategy.DOC TYPE: Journal article.ABSTRACT: Most companies neglect strategic planning for freight costcontrol because of the low visibility accorded to transportation ofproducts and material by upper management and the lack of adequateresources devoted to it. Companies that do not make the best use of theirpotential in this area lose money each year. Transportation should be anintegral element of the strategic planning process. When finance,marketing, and operations evaluate freight options on the front end, theycan achieve significant gains in cost containment, inventory management,and customer service. The need to include transportation in planning isparticularly important because of the current trends of decentralizationand just-in-time inventory. Electronic data interchange billing andsophisticated shipment generation systems will allow companies to develop acomprehensive database that will permit management to conductcost-reduction projects and monitor results.Case: Front-End Tools -- Getting Beyond DrawingsRinaldi, DamianSoftware Magazine.SMGDOC TYPE: Journal article.SPECIAL FEATURE: GraphsABSTRACT: Computed-aided software engineering (CASE) front-end tools arestriving to extend beyond design and focus further into the life cycle.Front-end CASE is an automated tool that easily accommodates changes,making it possible to represent visually what a program does and how itdoes it. When CASE is incorporated into the application developmentprocess, users become more willing to suggest changes and analysts are in abetter position to make them. According to Steve Wallace of McDonnellDouglas Information Systems Group, a key to CASE's success is that it getsusers to agree that the diagrams are their system, thereby giving everyonethe satisfaction that they are solving a business problem. CASE capturesthe logical abstractions of one design so that they can be reused on thenext project. As a result, the concept of reusability is extended beyondone project's life cycle, and openings exist for expert-system-basedenhancements to existing tools. If potential buyers of CASE front-end toolsfail to acknowledge the organizational impact of the tools, they can makeserious mistakes in their purchases.A Tool for Discriminant Analysis and Classification of Software MetricsRodriguez, Volney; Tsai, W. T.Information & Software Technology.Litteraturstudium innen tidligfasevurderinger av prosjekter 80