By Marek Wirkus October 2012 Abstract The article briefly presents some experiences and results of research which has been conducted in order to identify key elements influencing the success of projects managed in informal way with volunteers’ participation. These experiences were collected during...
By Luis Felipe Bismarchi, Maria Cecilia Loschiavo dos Santos October 2012 Abstract The green wave of sustainability is getting bigger everyday and as consumers’ awareness is increasing so are their demands for socio-environmental responsibility. That is the scenario the Brazilian building sector, one...
By Yajun Zeng, Miroslaw J. Skibniewski October 2012 Abstract Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are configurable enterprise-wide information system packages that integrate information and information-based processes within and across functional areas in an organization. They have been widely adopted in many organizations and...
By Kristen C. Barlish, Kenneth T. Sullivan, Alberto De Marco October 2012 Abstract An innovative education and simulation of the Best Value (BV) business model was carried out in a Project Management (PM) course at an International Engineering University in Italy. The BV...
By Hendrik J. Marx October 2012 Abstract Annual monitoring of the condition of the South African construction industry is vital to enable government and other role players to evaluate the impact of current interventions to timeously and pro-actively implement revised legislation, strategies and...
By D. N. Antoniadis October 2012 Abstract The sub-process of selecting team members, as in people not organizations, is not applied. It is however a fact that interconnections and boundaries are formed between individuals within a team and teams as a whole within...
By Sicco Santema January 2011 Abstract In this paper we take a closer look at developments in supply management. The main change in this discipline seems to be (2011) that cooperation and risk management are taking over the classical silo based way of...
By Marianne van Leeuwen January 2011 Abstract Best Value Procurement Performance Information Procurement System (hereinafter: BVP-PiPS) is a methodology developed in the United States and is now being used by private and public contractors in the Netherlands. For public contractors in Europe, application...
By Stan van Veenendaal, Wiebe Witteveen January 2011 Abstract 'The project Extra Discharge Capacity Afsluitdijk (EDCA) of Rijkswaterstaat aims to enlarge the capacity of the discharge sluices by building new sluices, necessary because of the climate change. Rijkswaterstaat has decided to outsource the...
By Ramona Apostol January 2011 Abstract This paper discusses the legal implications of using the elements of the Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) procedure in the Netherlands. The article proposes the pros and cons of the potential compliance of these elements, in the...