Research & Publications
A PhD in the science of project management — quantitative work on multitasking, resource availability and buffer sizing in CCPM portfolios.
PhD, Management of Projects · The University of Manchester · 2016
The Impact of Multitasking on Resource Availability and Buffer Sizing in CCPM Portfolios
Passed with minor corrections.
President Doctoral Scholar Award — full PhD funding (waived fees + £14,000/yr stipend).
- Quantitative modelling
- Randomly generated CCPM portfolios
- Monte Carlo simulation
- CCPM scheduling logic
- Statistical analysis
- Practitioner interviews
- Defined good vs bad multitasking and the boundary between them
- Tested the relay-race mentality
- Challenged blanket multitasking bans
- Explored buffer-size adjustment and resource-capacity sizing for multi-project organisations
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Current Status and Future Potential of the Research on Critical Chain Project Management
Surveys in Operations Research and Management Science, 20, 43–54
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The Boundary Between Good and Bad Multitasking in CCPM
The Journal of Modern Project Management, 4(1), 104–111
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The Impact of Good and Bad Multitasking on Buffer Requirements of CCPM Portfolios
The Journal of Modern Project Management · under review in source CV
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Buffer Sizing in CCPM Portfolios with Different Resource Capacities
The International Journal of Project Organisation and Management · under review in source CV
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A Synopsis of the Research on CCPM
Proc. Engineering Project Organization Conference, Edinburgh
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The Research on Critical Chain Project Management
4th Intl. Scientific Conf. on Project Management in the Baltic Countries, Riga, 68–90
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A Detailed Analysis of Existing Project Success Factors
Proc. 30th ARCOM Conference, Portsmouth, 897–906
The same questions shape the delivery work — portfolio scheduling, project controls and contingency sizing under uncertainty.