ABSTRACT
The premise of this chapter is the development of a generic project control measurement tool that incorporates (1) resource characteristics, such as preferences, time-effective capabilities, costs, and availability of project resources, and (2) performance interdependencies among different resource groups, and proceeds to map the most adequate resource units to each newly scheduled project activity for the purpose of better project control. The chapter is based on the work of Milatovic and Badiru (2004). The principal challenge in this measurement model is to make it applicable to realistic project environments, which often involve multifunctional resources whose capabilities or other characteristics may cross activities, as well as within a single activity relative to specic interactions among resources themselves. This measurement methodology is effective wherever the duration, cost, and resource interdependencies exist in a resource-constrained project.
