Open AccessProject scheduling and buffer management: A comprehensive review and future directions
Author(s) -
Shakib Zohrehvandi,
Roya Soltani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
journal of project management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2371-8374
pISSN - 2371-8366
DOI - 10.5267/j.jpm.2021.9.002
Subject(s) - buffer (optical fiber) , project management , project planning , computer science , scheduling (production processes) , sizing , project management triangle , project portfolio management , operations research , process management , systems engineering , operations management , engineering , art , telecommunications , visual arts
In the project management, buffers are considered to handle uncertainties that lead to changes in project scheduling which in turn causes project delivery delay. The purpose of this survey is to discuss the state of the art on models and methods for project buffer management and time optimization of construction projects and manufacturing industries. There are not literally any surveys which review the literature of project buffer management and time optimization. This research adds to the previous literature surveys and focuses mainly on papers after 2014 but with a quick review on previous works. This research investigates the literature from project buffer sizing, project buffer consumption monitoring and project time/resource optimization perspectives.