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Journal articles on the topic "MET project"
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van Dijk, Tim. "Succesvol inburgeren met Project JA Statushouders." Sociaal Bestek 82, no. 3 (October 2020): 11–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41196-020-0674-1.
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Sivle, Anders Doksæter, Amalie Kvame Holm, Jelmer Jeuring, Hans Olav Hygen, and Mai-Linn Finstad Svehagen. "TV meteorologists at MET Norway as climate communicators." Advances in Science and Research 18 (April 9, 2021): 27–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/asr-18-27-2021.
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Abstract. Climate change ought to be a natural part of the weather conversation on TV, radio and social media. Inspired by similar projects in other countries, the Norwegian Meteorological institute established a project in 2019 to develop their TV meteorologists as climate change communicators. The main objective in the project was to integrate research-based, localized climate content in the weather presentation, as to inform and engage the Norwegian public about climate change. Over a period of almost two years, the project has produced several climate stories on the national TV-news. The majority of the stories have also been shared through social media and through press releases to reach a wide range of audiences. In this paper, experiences from the project at the Norwegian Meteorological institute are shared along with recommendations for climate communication. We claim that TV meteorologists can have an important role in climate change communication, with a potential that is often not yet fully realized, and give our thoughts on how to further develop their role.
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Slater, Mark. "Locating Project Studios and Studio Projects." Journal of the Royal Musical Association 141, no. 1 (2016): 167–202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02690403.2016.1151241.
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ABSTRACTVia a longitudinal case study of a studio project (Middlewood Sessions, 2004–12), this research explores processes of music-making in the increasingly prevalent context of the project studio to give an insight into contemporary music-making practices. Predicated upon technologies of decreasing size but increasing processing power, project studios represent a diversification of musical creativity in terms of the persons and locations of music production. Increasingly mobile technologies lead to increasingly mobile practices of music production, which presents a challenge to the seemingly simple question: where is the project studio? In response, I propose an ontology of project-studio music-making that sets out what conditions have to be met for location, as an active proposition, to take place.
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Nijsten, Arthur. "Project ‘Omgaan met verlies’ van KBO Limburg." Pallium 14, no. 5 (November 2012): 18–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12479-012-0108-y.
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Merlone, A., G. Lopardo, F. Sanna, S. Bell, R. Benyon, R. A. Bergerud, F. Bertiglia, et al. "The MeteoMet project - metrology for meteorology: challenges and results." Meteorological Applications 22 (December 2015): 820–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/met.1528.
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程, 鹏. "Analysis on Load Project of Ocean Well Servicing Module." Mechanical Engineering and Technology 04, no. 02 (2015): 159–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.12677/met.2015.42017.
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Schreurs, Eugeen. "An Equal Music. Experimenteren met pommers en sackbuts. Een interview met Luk Nielandt." Forum+ 26, no. 3 (November 1, 2019): 72–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/forum2019.3.schr.
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In het onderzoeksproject An Equal Music bestudeerdet hoboïst en docent Luk Nielandt de verbinding tussen oude instrumenten (pommers of schalmeien als voorlopers van de hobofamilie) en nieuwe instrumenten (de moderne hobo). De focus laigt op de professionele rietblazers die de oude instrumenten naar hun hand zetten. Tijdens het onderzoek leerde onder andere Fritz Heller, een gerenommeerd pommerbouwer, aan muzikanten om zelf een pommer te bouwen. Jan De Maeyer en Boudewijn Buckinx componeerden nieuwe muziek voor de oudere instrumenten, waarmeeen intens betrokken musici gaven concerten gavenmet de instrumenten. Het onderzoeksproject liep af in 2017, maar nog steeds exploreert Nielandt tal van nieuwe, onbekende wegen. Eugeen Schreurs, promotor van het onderzoeksproject, gaat in gesprek met Nielandt en trombonist Jan Smets.In his research project An Equal Music, oboist Luk Nielandt has studied the connection between old instruments (pommers or shawms as precursors of the oboe family) and new instruments (the modern oboe). His focus is on the professional reed players who appropriate the old instruments to suit their own purposes. During the research, renowned pommer builder Fritz Heller, among others, taught musicians how to build a pommer for themselves. Jan De Maeyer and Boudewijn Buckinx composed new music for the older instruments, with which the intensely involved musicians gave concerts. The research project ended in 2017, but Nielandt is still exploring many new, unknown paths. Promoter of the research project Eugeen Schreurs will engage in a talk with Nielandt and trombonist Jan Smets.
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Balzerani, Alessandro, and Fabrizio Colista. "Il Met odo PME (Project Manageme nt & Empowerment)." PROJECT MANAGER (IL), no. 15 (August 2013): 28–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.3280/pm2013-015007.
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Heffernan, Olive. "UK Met Office hit by cuts to climate project." Nature 460, no. 7251 (July 2009): 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/460021b.
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Ortiz-Moncada, Rocío, María Morales-Suárez-Varela, Ángeles Avecilla-Benítez, Aurora Norte Navarro, Rocío Olmedo-Requena, Carmen Amezcua-Prieto, José Cancela, et al. "Factors Associated with Meat Consumption in Students of Spanish Universities: UniHcos Project." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 20 (October 15, 2019): 3924. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203924.
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The level of meat consumption is one of the main deviations from the Mediterranean diet pattern in Spanish university students. The objective of this cross-sectional descriptive study is to analyze the association between sociodemographic factors and the consumption of fresh and processed meat in Spanish university students. This study is part of a cohort of 11 Spanish universities with 9862 university students (UniHcos Project). A descriptive analysis and a chi2 test were carried out to assess differences between personal and sociodemographic variables and meat consumption, and binary logistic regression analysis to assess factors associated with consumption; 19.9% and 73.5% met the recommendations for meat-fresh and meat-processed consumption, respectively. Only 3.8% of students meet the recommendations for both fresh and processed meat. Statistically significant differences were found between sex, BMI, employment, housing, and coexistence regarding compliance with recommendations. Female employed students living in rental accommodations with a partner are more likely to meet the recommendations for fresh meats while male, normal weight, employed students living in rental accommodations with a partner are more likely to meet the recommendations for processed meats. There is a lack of compliance with the recommendations for consumption of fresh meat in Spanish university students, differences in compliance among students of differing regions and an association with sex, employment, housing, and coexistence regarding compliance.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "MET project"
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Osborne-Lewis, Emily Jane, and Shanta LaShawn Clardy. "The needs of informal grandparent caregivers and how they are met at the Kinship Family Center." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2790.
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Seventeen grandparent caregivers, who have primary responsibility for one or more grandchildren and do not have a parent of the grandchildren living in the household, were interviewed to evaluate the effectiveness of the services offered by Kinship Family Center (KFC), a non-profit support agency for relative caregivers and the children in their care. Kinship Family Center is a program of the Central City Lutheran Mission and is funded by the San Bernardino County Department of Children's Services. The researchers found that KFC was an effective asset for informal grandparent caregivers. For grandparents, it was a source of support and comfort in their role of "second time around parents." For children, it served as a means to help identify with other children in similar situations.
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Esterhuyzen, T. J. (Theunis Jacobus). "n Ondersoek na waarom konstruksieprojekte van munisipale dienste dikwels laat voltooi word, alhoewel dit met behulp van die beskikbare tegnieke geskeduleer is." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/51854.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2000.Page 62 of digitised copy may appear cut off and pages 63-64 missing due to the condition of the original hard copy.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Modern management planning and control systems dates back to World War I in 1915. The development of the bar chart during that time by Henry L. Gantt was a drastic improvement on previous methods. The size, complexity and risks associated with modern technical sophisticated projects has required the development of new methods. This led to the development of the critical path method which was developed in the United States of America during the period 1956 to 1958. Since then various methods have been developed with the aim of meeting special requirements. The extent of achieving success for construction projects, varies drastically according to the application of project scheduling techniques. This statement is confirmed by various studies conducted in an attempt to analyse the scheduling and controlling of construction projects, but due to the complexity of the time-cost-problem which is coupled to construction projects, problems are still being experienced with the successful or timeous completion of construction projects. Regarding the problems being experienced to complete construction projects timeously, this investigation will attempt to find underlying reasons for these problems and to determine proper solutions. This investigation will therefore focus on the reasons why deviations from the schedules occur so frequently, and what can possibly be done to prevent it. From the aforementioned the following can be concluded: An investigation into the reasons why construction projects making use of municipal services are often completed late, although it was scheduled with the help of network techniques. The procedure that was followed for the investigation was firstly the formulation of goals and study area. Thereafter a literature study was done that covered the following aspects of the study: • background of project management, network techniques, time and cost management; • identification of factors that could possibly contribute to the late completion of construction projects; • description of factors in terms of the following: definition and meaning of factors in context of project management; possible reasons why it occurs; consequences in the event of it occurring; possible solutions. Further follows the gathering, processing, analysing of the data and finally the conclusion and summary. With reference to this data, table i contains a list of factors that can possibly lead to the late completion of construction projects. All the factors that, according to the study, have a real contribution to the late completion of construction projects, are marked with an X in the remarks column of table i. When a project is thus initiated, it would be advisable to take note of the possible influences that the factors marked X in the remarks column of table i could have. This information is applicable to all projects in the study area irrespective of its characteristics. This information is also processed further so that conclusions can be drawn for projects with certain characteristics. This study shows that the average additional costs incurred for the late completion of a project are between 13,2 percent and 18,9 percent of the tender price, depending on the extent of the project. By focusing on critical factors, significant sums of money can thus be saved. The writer is of the opinion that the goals of the study regarding the actual subject were achieved. The results are highly applicable to the realities in practice and implementation thereof can certainly have significant results. Considering that no previous studies have been done on this subject, the focus of the study was wider than expected because the unknown is so much greater. With the study completed, further studies can now focus on the relevant aspects of the subject. This should lead to the refining of the aspects, resulting in a more practical implementation of the results.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Moderne bestuursbeplanning en kontrolestelsels dateer sedert die Eerste Wêreldoorlog vanaf 1915. Henry L. Gantt het in dié tyd die strepieskaart ontwikkel, wat 'n drastiese verbetering op vorige metodes was. Die grootte, kompleksiteit en risiko's wat geassosieer word met hedendaagse, tegnies gesofistikeerde projekte, het vereis dat nuwe metodes ontwikkel moes word. Dit het gelei tot die ontwikkeling van die kritiekepad- metode, wat gedurende die tydperk 1956 tot 1958 in die Verenigde State van Amerika ontwikkel is. Sedertdien is verskeie metodes ontwikkel wat daarop gemik is om spesifieke behoeftes aan te spreek. Die mate van tydige voltooiing van konstruksieprojekte varieer drasties na gelang van die toepassing van projekskeduleringstegnieke. Hierdie stelling word bevestig deur verskeie studies wat geloods is om die skedulering en kontrolering van konstruksieprojekte te ontleed, maar vanweë :die komplekse tyd-koste-probleem wat gepaard gaan met konstruksieprojekte, word nog steeds probleme ondervind met die suksesvolle of tydige voltooiing van konstruksieprojekte. Met verwysing na die probleme wat ondervind word om konstruksieprojekte tydig te voltooi, gaan daar met dié ondersoek gepoog word om onderliggende redes daarvoor te soek en oplossings aan -,--..::.:.~.:.:" die hand te doen. Die ondersoek gaan dus-fokus op die redes waarom daar dikwels afgewyk word van skedules, en wat gedoen kan word om die afwykings te voorkom. Vandaar dan die onderwerp, wat as volg lui: 'n Ondersoek na die redes waarom konstruksieprojekte van munisipale dienste in baie gevalle laat voltooi word, alhoewel dit met behulp van netwerktegnieke geskeduleer is. Die prosedure wat gevolg is met die ondersoek, is eerstens die formulering van die doelwitte en studiegebied. Daarna volg 'n literatuurstudie, wat die volgende aspekte van die studie hanteer: • agtergrond van projekbestuur, netwerktegnieke en die bestuur van tyd en koste; • identifisering van faktore wat moontlik kan bydra tot die laat voltooiing van konstruksieprojekte; • beskrywing van die faktore in terme van die volgende: definisie en betekenis van faktor in konteks van projekbestuur; moontlike redes waarom dit voorkom; gevolge indien dit sou voorkom; moontlike oplossings. Verder volg die insameling, verwerking en analisering van die data en laastens die gevolgtrekkings en samevatting. Met verwysing na die data, toon Tabel ii 'n lys van die faktore wat geïdentifiseer is wat moontlik kan bydra tot die laat voltooiing van konstruksieprojekte. Alle faktore wat volgens die studie 'n wesenlike bydrae lewer tot die laat voltooiing van konstruksieprojekte, is in die opmerkingskolom van Tabel ii met 'n X gemerk. Wanneer 'n projek van stapel gestuur word, sal dit raadsaam wees om ag te slaan op die moontlike invloed van die faktore wat gemerk is met In X in die opmerkingskolom van Tabel ii. Die inligting is van toepassing op alle projekte in die studiegebied, ongeag die kenmerke van die projekte. Die inligting is ook verder verwerk sodat gevolgtrekkings gemaak kan word vir projekte met sekere kenmerke. Die studie toon aan dat die gemiddelde addisionele kostes as gevolg van die laat voltooiing van 'n projek, tussen 13,2 persent en 18,9 persent van die tenderbedrag beloop, afhangende van die omvang van die projek. Deur dus te fokus op die kritieke faktore, kan aansienlike bedrae geld bespaar word. Die skrywer is van mening dat die doelwitte van die studie aangaande dié aktuele onderwerp bereik is. Die resultate is hoogs van toepassing op die realiteite in die praktyk, en die toepassing daarvan kan beslis noemenswaardige resultate tot gevolg hê. Aangesien daar nie voorheen studies gedoen is oor die onderwerp nie, was die fokus van die studie breër as wat verwag is, omdat die onbekende soveel groter is. Met die studie voltooi, kan daar nou deur verdere studies gefokus word op die relevante aspekte van die onderwerp. Dit behoort te lei tot 'n verfyning van die aspekte, en gevolglik 'n meer praktiese toepassing van die resultate.
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Nouhi, Amin. "Dialog med kunden i projektet." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-310421.
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The high rate of failed IT projects has become a real and relevantconcern of many businesses. Businesses are dissipating theirresources on failed IT projects. More often, IT projects fail toachieve most of their intended purpose of increasing productivity,lowering operating costs, improving the quality of work. Althoughthere have been many studies done through the years in an attemptto find the causes behind IT-project failure, there is still noconsensus about the underlying causes. The question itself iscomplex with many different aspects to consider. The researcherswithin this field mostly acknowledge this problem. Against thisbackground, the primary focus of this study is to explore what theclients within the IT-projects think about the way IT-projects areconducted and what they think has to be done to better the chancesof success for these projects. For the outcome of this study to bewell-founded interviews were also done with those responsible onthe supplier side in order to cover both sides viewpointconcerning the IT-projects. The way IT-projects are conducted nowseems to have a process-based approach to the problem that has tobe solved, this is because the project has to go through a numberof steps that have been defined before the project has even begun.The fact that the upcoming project has a predefined plan to followis not the problem since it is reasonable to have a plan for theupcoming project. Having a predefined plan for the upcomingproject without really understanding the problem that has to beaddressed in detail through the IT-project is a major problem. This study has proven that it is very common that the peopleinvolved in an IT-project do not understand each other whilediscussing the project. This leads to the conclusion that the waythat IT-projects are conducted right now, where the supplier ofthe IT-solutions even if they have extensive experience fromconducting IT-projects and therefor say that “we know what has tobe done” to put more emphasis into understanding the problem thathas to be solved through consultation with the client. The need toput more emphasis on understanding the client is something that isalso confirmed through various models presented in this study.
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Johansson, Elin, and Engblom Stephanie Gräns. "Projektledares motivation och metod : Med utgångspunkt från Vrooms förväntansteori." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-45163.
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In today’s changing environment, creation of projects by organizations has become more common. The problem is, though, that the knowledge of the subject is still limited which causes many projects to fail. This has made it extra important to have a good project manager whocanlead the project in the right direction. While doing this both the project method and the project manager’s motivation are contributing sources. That is why this studywill take a deeper look into the project methodand the motivation of the project manager and also the relationship between these two. To do this, this study is based on a theory of motivation, the Vroom’s expectancy theory. The purpose with this study is to create a greater understanding for the project methodand how it is affected by the motivation. This is a qualitative study in which interviews with four project managers has been done. The results showed that there is a connection both between the different variables in the Expectancy theory, but also connected to how these are affecting the project method.I dagens ombytliga samhälle har det blivit allt vanligare att företag skapar projekt. Kunskapen kring området har dock inte hunnit med i utvecklingstakten vilket har gjort att många projekt misslyckas. En viktig faktor är projektledaren som påverkar projektet på många plan vilket gör att både projektledarens arbetssätt samt motivation spelar in. Det är just dessa två eller närmare bestämt projektmetoden och projektledarens motivation samt relationen mellan dem som den här studien kommer atttitta närmare på. För att göra det såhar studien utgått från en teori om motivation som heter Vrooms förväntansteorin. Syftet med studien är att skapa en ökad förståelse för projektmetodenoch hur den kan påverkas av motivationen. En kvalitativ studie där intervjuer med fyra projektledare har gjorts vilka resulterade i att samband mellan både de olika variablerna i förväntansteorin kunde hittas och samband i hur dessa påverkar projektmetoden. Utifrån resultaten drar studien slutsatsen att motivationen kanpåverka hur projektledaren använder projektmetoden via de olika variablerna i förväntansteorin.
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Granat, Nina. "''Ämnesintegrerade projekt är kul, men...'' : En studie om hur musiklärare erfar samarbete med andra ämneslärare i kulturskolan." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Institutionen för konstnärliga studier (from 2013), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-72319.
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Syftet med studien är att få insikt i hur musiklärare i kulturskoal erfar ämnesintegrerade projekt samt hur inkluderingsarbete kan främjas av sådana projekt. För att kunna uppnå detta syfte utgår studien från följande forskningsfrågor: Vilka erfarenheter har musiklärare av ämnesintegrerade projekt i kulturskolan? Och i vilken utsträckning upplevs ämnesintegrerade projekt kunna påverka inkluderingsarbete i kulturskolan? Studiens kunskapsteoretiska utgångspunkt är interpretativism och den vetenskapsfilosofiska utgångspunkten fenomenologi. För att uppnå syfte och svara på frågeställningarna har semistrukturerade intervjuer gjorts med tre musiklärare som arbetar på varsin musik- eller kulturskola i Sverige. Resultatet presenteras i två övergripande teman. Teman är Resurser för och motivation till kreativt arbete samt social interaktion. I resultatet framkommer många likheter i de intervjuade musiklärarnas utsagor vilka till stor del handlar om en positiv inställning till utförandet av ämnesintegrerade projekt och främjandet av inkluderingsarbete i musik- och kulturskolan. Möjligheten och motivationen till att vilja utföra projekt skiljer sig däremot åt mellan musiklärarna vilka bland annat påverkas av tillgång till resurser och samarbete mellan kollegor.The purpose of this study is to get a view of how music teachers in the Swedish music schools experience projects where different art subjects are integrated with each other and to see if these projects can facilitate that more people get included in these schools. In order to achieve this purpose, the study is based on the following research questions: In what ways does music teachers experience subject integrated projects in the Swedish music schools?, In what way can subject integrated projects facilitate that more people get included in the Swedish music schools according to music teachers? The theoretical foundation of the study is interpretivism and the philosophical perspective is phenomenology. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with three music teachers whom where all working in one music school each. The result is presented in two overall themes. Resources and motivation for creative work is the first theme. The second theme is Social interaction. The result reveal that the experience the music teachers describes when it comes to subject integrated projects and the work with including more people to the music schools are quite similar too each other. The experience is however different within the teachers answes when it comes to the possibility and the motivation to participate or lead a subject integrated project. The result reveal that possibilities and motivation is affected by resources and the cooperation in between colleges.
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Johnsson, Julia, and Anna Olin. "Styrning i vägprojekt: Med fokus på förutsättningar och risker : En kvalitativ flerfallsstudie inom Trafikverket." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96648.
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Bakgrund och problem: Projekt präglas vanligtvis av en otillräcklig måluppfyllelse, exempelvis gällande tid, kostnad och kvalitet. Detta går även att finna vid anläggnings- och infrastrukturprojekt, vilka dessutom är betydande för samhällets möjligheter för kommunikation och transport. Att infrastrukturprojekt, vilka bedrivs av den offentliga verksamheten Trafikverket, inte uppnår sina mål resulterar i förseningar och att skattepengar inte nyttjas maximalt. Detta tyder även på att projekten är svårstyrda utifrån de föränderliga förutsättningar och risker som präglar projekttypen, vilket gör det relevant att studera ämnet vidare. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att öka kunskapen om hur styrningen går tillväga vid vägprojekt med fokus på förutsättningar och risker. Detta utförs genom att beskriva hur Trafikverkets process styrs i vägprojekt och identifiera samt analysera förutsättningar och risker som kan påverka projekten. Metod: Studien är en kvalitativ flerfallsstudie inom Trafikverket. Det teoretiska materialet har erhållits från vetenskapliga artiklar, litteratur och rapporter. Det empiriska materialet är insamlat genom ett snöbollsurval där åtta respondenter inkluderades. Totalt genomfördes elva semistrukturerade intervjuer. Webbsidor och dokument är också en del av det empiriskt insamlade materialet. Vid genomförandet av studien har vi utgått ifrån forskningsetiska överväganden och kvalitetskriterier, i syfte att öka dess pålitlighet, trovärdighet, konfirmering och överförbarhet. Slutsats: Studien konstaterar att vägprojekt styrs utifrån en version av stage-gate-modellen och att det även finns inslag av den agila metoden angående riskhanteringen. Styrtriangelns tre dimensioner tid, kostnad och kvalitet utgör ett fokus inom vägprojekt, dimensionen kvalitet beskrivs däremot som innehåll. Förutom att styrtriangeln består av ett inre beroende finns även en yttre påverkan gentemot andra projekt. Detta innebär att ett projekts styrtriangel har en inverkan på ett annat projekts dimensioner, vilket är ett teoretiskt bidrag som studien belyst. Det identifierades även totalt åtta förutsättningar, sex risker och åtta faktorer som betraktas vara både förutsättningar och risker inom vägprojekt. Samtliga av dessa förutsättningar och risker styrs samt hanteras. Det redogörs för att dessa påverkar varandra, vilket styrningen av dem bör ta hänsyn till. Sammantaget fastställs det att styrningen av vägprojekt är komplext på grund av dessa samband och uppkomsten av oförutsägbara händelser. Detta bidrar till en praktisk och teoretisk kunskap angående styrningen med hänsyn till förutsättningar och risker eftersom dessa har studerats i samband med varandra.Background and problem: Projects are usually characterized by insufficient goal fulfillment, regarding time, cost and quality for example. This can also be found in construction and infrastructure projects, which are important for society's opportunities for communication and transport. The fact that infrastructure projects, which are carried out by the public authority Trafikverket, do not achieve their goals, results in delays and that tax money is not used to the maximum. This also indicates that the projects are difficult to manage on the basis of the changing conditions and risks that characterize the project type, which makes it relevant to study the subject further. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to increase the knowledge of how management is used in road projects with a focus on conditions and risks. This is accomplished by describing how Trafikverkets process is managed in road projects and identifying and analyzing conditions and risks that can affect the projects. Method: The study is a qualitative multi-case study within Trafikverket. The theoretical material has been obtained from scientific articles, literature and reports. The empirical material was collected through a snowball selection in which eight respondents were included. In total, eleven semi-structured interviews were conducted. Web pages and documents are also part of the empirically collected material. In conducting the study, we included research ethical considerations and quality criteria, with the aim of increasing its reliability, credibility, confirmation and transferability. Conclusion: The study finds that road projects are managed based on a version of the stage-gate model and that there are also elements of the agile method regarding risk management. The three dimensions in the iron triangle time, cost and quality are a focus within road projects, but the quality dimension is described as content. In addition to the iron triangle consisting of an internal dependency, there is also an external influence on other projects. This means that one project's control triangle has an impact on another project's dimensions, which is a theoretical contribution that the study illustrated. A total of eight conditions, six risks and eight factors were also identified, which are considered to be both conditions and risks in road projects. All of these conditions and risks are managed. It is stated that these affect each other, which their management should take into account. Overall, it is determined that the management of road projects is complex due to these relationships and the occurrence of unpredictable events. This contributes to a practical and theoretical knowledge of the management with regard to the conditions and risks as these have been studied in conjunction with each other.
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de, la Gardie Louise, and Christina Johansson. "Ekonomistyrning av projekt med olika grad av osäkerhet." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Management and Economics, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1548.
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Bakgrund: En stor del av projekten som genomförs överskrider de ramar som finns vad gäller budget, tid och kvalitetsspecifikationer. De problem som uppstår vid ekonomistyrning av projekt kan troligtvis till viss del härledas till att projekt genomförs i olika miljöer och således utsätts för olika grad av osäkerhet. Detta, i kombination med varje projekts unikhet, leder till antagandet att alla projekt inte kan styras på samma sätt, utan istället måste sannolikt ekonomistyrningen anpassas till det enskilda projektets förutsättningar.
Syfte: Syftet är att beskriva och analysera hur ekonomistyrningen utformas samt även hur den bör utformas i projekt som kännetecknas av olika grad av osäkerhet.
Genomförande: Undersökningen genomfördes i form av en fallstudie och den empiriska informationen samlades in genom fyra intervjuer på lika många företag som arbetar med olika sorters projekt. De undersökta projekten är ett implementeringsprojekt, ett byggprojekt och två utvecklingsprojekt.
Resultat: Vi har konstaterat att implementeringsprojektet uppvisar minst osäkerheter medan utvecklingsprojekten är mest osäkra och även oförutsägbara. Den främsta osäkerheten i samtliga projekt kan härledas till kunden och dennes preferenser. Vidare skiljer sig ekonomistyrningen åt i de olika projekten, bl a genom budgetens och tidsplanens upprättande och användning samt acceptansen av avvikelser från planen, vilket påvisar att alla projekt inte kan styras på samma sätt.
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Ahlénius, Emma, and Lovisa Öst. "Att ge eller att inte ge : En studie om projektledares arbete med återkoppling." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-42919.
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Bakgrunden till vår uppsats är att återkoppling behövs som verktyg på en arbetsplats för att få medarbetare att trivas. Detta har i grund och botten anknytning till vårt behov av att känna oss accepterade och av att känna samhörighet. Forskning har visat att bekräftelse från omvärlden är en viktig del för individens självbild. Särskilt i en projektorganisation är återkoppling betydelsefullt, eftersom projektgrupper ofta består av nya konstellationer av människor som snabbt måste lära sig att samarbeta. Om ett bra arbete med återkoppling sker kan detta få positiva effekter på arbetsprestationer. Problematiken kring att ge återkoppling handlar om att ge den på ett konstruktivt sätt som får mottagaren att ta åt sig. Genom att granska tidigare forskning undersökte vi varför det finns ett behov av återkoppling i pro-jektgrupper, vad forskningen säger att givaren bör tänka på när det handlar om återkoppling samt vad konsekvenserna och resultatet kan bli av återkoppling. Vårt syfte är att utifrån den forskning som idag finns undersöka hur arbetet med åter-koppling ser ut i praktiken för fem stycken projektledare. Vi ställde oss bland an-nat frågeställningarna: Ger projektledare återkoppling? På vilka sätt? Hur ser de på arbete med återkoppling? Vet de hur teorin ser ut kring ämnet? Arbetar de med att bli bättre på att ge återkoppling? För att undersöka frågeställningarna använde vi oss av en kvalitativ metod i form av semistrukturerade intervjuer. Projektle-darna arbetar alla inom samma bransch, fastighetsförvaltningsbranschen. Våra intervjudata bearbetades genom transkribering samt kodning efter förutbestämda teman. I vår analys jämförs den teoretiska bakgrunden med den empiriska datan vi insamlat. En matris med en sammanställning av det insamlade materialet återfinns i bilaga 2. Vår slutsats är bland annat att projektledare mest arbetar med positiv återkoppling och att negativ återkoppling kan vara problematiskt att ge. Vi fann även att projektledarna inte hade någon teoretisk kunskap om ämnet återkoppling utan de färdigheter de besatt hade de lärt sig genom erfarenhet.The background of our paper is that feedback is needed as a tool on during work to make the individuals feel comfortable. This is basically related to our need of feeling accepted and to feel affinity. Research has demonstrated that the confirmation from the outside world is an important part of the individual's selfimage. In a project based environment, feedback is important, as project groups often consist of new constellations of people who quickly must learn to work together. If feed-back could be used successfully, this can have positive effects on work perfor-mance. The problem of providing feedback is how to give it in a constructive way so the receiver to take in the information and accept it. By examining past research, we examined why there is a need for feedback in project teams, what the research says that the giver should consider when it comes to feedback, and what consequences and results of feedback could be. Our purpose is, based on existing research, to examine how feedback is used in practice for five project managers. We asked ourselves following questions: Do project managers provide feedback? In what ways? How do they work with feedback? Do they know how the theory looks about the topic? How do they work to become better at giving feedback? To examine the issues, we used a qualitative approach in the form of semi-structured interviews. The interview subjects were all working in the same indus-try, the real estate industry. Our interview data were processed by transcribing and coding by predetermined themes. In our analysis we compared the theoretical background of the empirical data we collected. A matrix with a compilation of the collected data is presented in appendix 2. Our conclusion is that project managers mostly work with positive feedback and that giving negative feedback is perceived problematic. We also discovered that the project managers lacked a theo-retical knowledge about the subject and that the skills they possessed, had they learned through experience.
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Cross, Sandra Jane. "Views from the center: Middle-class white men and perspectives on social privilege." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2006. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2956.
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The purpose of this study was to provide a space in which white, middle-class men could consider and discuss their identity and its relationship to privilege. Transcripts from focus group number three is included in the thesis' appendix.
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Blidby, Jessica, and Lovisa Lundberg. "Samhällstrender och förändringsarbeten : En fallstudie i ett charktillverkningsföretag." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-41617.
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Purpose – The purpose of the study is to understand how a cured meat manufacturing company can succeed with an internal change project when the reason is external triggers from society. With this purpose in mind two research questions have been formulated. They are formulated as followed: Syfte – Syftet med denna studie är att förstå hur ett charktillverkningsföretag lyckas med ett internt förändringsarbete när anledningen till förändringen är starka externa samhällstriggers. Med detta syfte i åtanke har det tagits fram två frågeställningar. Dessa frågeställningar lyder:
Books on the topic "MET project"
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Hofman, H. D. Bedrijfsrapportage Campina Melkunie Maasdam: PRISMA Project Industriële Successen met Afvalpreventie. Den Haag: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Technologisch Aspectenonderzoek, 1991.
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Koppert, P. C. Bedrijfsrapportage DSM Resins Benelux BV: PRISMA Project Industriële Successen met Afvalpreventie. Den Haag: Nederlandse Organisatie voor Technologisch Aspectenonderzoek, 1991.
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Office, General Accounting. NASA project status reports: Congressional requirements can be met, but reliability must be insured : report to congressional requesters. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1990.
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Edvik, Anders. Projektformen och det industriella arvet: Med exempel frå̊n sjukvården. [Göteborg]: Göteborgs universitet, Institutionen för arbetsvetenskap, 2008.
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Tony, Harrison. The men who have sex with men project. Manchester: Man Coll of Midwifery & Nursing, 1995.
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Rota, Ve ronique Messager. Gestion de projet: Vers les me thodes agiles. Paris: Eyrolles, 2008.
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O'Connor, Ann Marie. Men in prostitution: The mp project. Dublin: Gay Mens Health Project, 1997.
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Rota, Ve ronique Messager. Gestion de projet: Vers les me thodes agiles. 2nd ed. Paris: Eyrolles, 2009.
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L'élargissement met-il en péril le projet européen? Paris: La Documentation française, 2011.
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Ping, Xu, and Song Hongxin, eds. Project 98 Zhong wen ban ru men yu ti gao. Beijing: Qing hua da xue chu ban she, 1999.
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Fendler, Lynn. "The Gates Foundation MET Research Project As a Case of Philanthrocapitalism." In Educational Research: Ethics, Social Justice, and Funding Dynamics, 239–59. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73921-2_16.
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Ward, John, and Paul Cowley. "MIDAS — The UK Met Office Project to Replace its Climate Data Banks." In Climate and Environmental Database Systems, 73–85. Boston, MA: Springer US, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4094-6_7.
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Stice, Eric, Paul Rohde, and Heather Shaw. "Evidence Base for the Body Project and Related Dissonance-Based Eating Disorder Prevention Programs." In The Body Project, 27–40. Oxford University Press, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780199859245.003.0003.
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The Body Project has produced intervention effects for eating disorder risk factors and symptoms in eight independent research groups. It is the only eating disorder prevention program that has met the criteria necessary for an intervention to be considered efficacious by the APA. Positive effects of this intervention have resulted when delivered by research-trained staff, existing providers (e.g., health educators), and undergraduate students suggesting that it can be disseminated by a variety of providers. Perhaps most importantly, the Body Project has been shown to produce a 60% reduction in the incidence of eating disorders over a three-year follow-up period.
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Janjusevic, Jelena, and Sunita Mathur. "Financial Planning and Budgeting of Events." In Event Project Management. Goodfellow Publishers, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/9781911635734-4769.
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The importance of financial management and resource allocation for events cannot be understated. Events are an important part of cities’, regions’ and countries’ cultural make-up and represent more than simply entertainment for interested consumers. Given this importance it is imperative that their ability to operate on a regular and ongoing basis is supported by a strong financial awareness of their management teams. How will we price the event to ensure that our objectives are met? How can we ensure that the management team and staff stay on-time and on-budget? How can we determine if we are generating enough revenue from our event to cover costs, and how important is our cash-on-hand for our immediate survival. This chapter aims to provide event managers with a clear understanding of these finance-related questions. The topics presented in this chapter build on, and extend the scope of the concepts discussed in the previous chapter. More emphasis will be on the numerical aspects as illustrated in the examples used throughout this chapter.
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Bala, Poline, Roger W. Harris, and Peter Songan. "E Bario Project." In Information Communication Technologies, 826–39. IGI Global, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-949-6.ch053.
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This chapter highlights an initiative by a group of researchers2 from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) to connect villagers in the remote and isolated village of Bario to Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), which include computers, telephones, the Internet, and VSATs. This project has eased the information flow in and out of Bario, affecting the well-being of the people by providing a means to keep in touch with friends and relatives in urban areas. The response of the Bario community has been positive, but the objective of the e Bario project is more ambitious than to just provide access to the Internet, computers and other related technologies. The main objective is to identify opportunities for remote and rural communities in Sarawak to develop socially, culturally and economically from the deployment of the technologies. The results of the initiative are expected to demonstrate the many ways in which ICTs can be used to improve the lives of marginalized groups, specifically, here, the rural and remote communities in Malaysia. However, to ensure that the objectives will ultimately be met, the team has had to search for an appropriate methodology that will ensure the full benefits of the initiative to the community. This chapter describes and discusses the approaches adopted, emphasizing the benefits of a close association between the researchers and the community as well as the adoption of suitable participatory methods for engaging with the needs and opportunities that were discovered.
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Bala, Poline, Roger W. Harris, and Peter Songan. "E Bario Project." In Using Community Informatics to Transform Regions, 115–31. IGI Global, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-132-2.ch008.
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This chapter highlights an initiative by a group of researchers2 from Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) to connect villagers in the remote and isolated village of Bario to Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), which include computers, telephones, the Internet, and VSATs. This project has eased the information flow in and out of Bario, affecting the well-being of the people by providing a means to keep in touch with friends and relatives in urban areas. The response of the Bario community has been positive, but the objective of the e Bario project is more ambitious than to just provide access to the Internet, computers and other related technologies. The main objective is to identify opportunities for remote and rural communities in Sarawak to develop socially, culturally and economically from the deployment of the technologies. The results of the initiative are expected to demonstrate the many ways in which ICTs can be used to improve the lives of marginalized groups, specifically, here, the rural and remote communities in Malaysia. However, to ensure that the objectives will ultimately be met, the team has had to search for an appropriate methodology that will ensure the full benefits of the initiative to the community. This chapter describes and discusses the approaches adopted, emphasizing the benefits of a close association between the researchers and the community as well as the adoption of suitable participatory methods for engaging with the needs and opportunities that were discovered.
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Burns, Nancy Crain, and Gabriela Ziegler. "Journey to Project Management Program Design." In Advances in Human Resources Management and Organizational Development, 80–108. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-0054-5.ch005.
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Approaching a project can be considered a journey of discovery. Each person involved has a different background and comes to the table with a diverse perspective. The authors use the analogy of a journey throughout the context of the case study. Providing quality education for university students often includes a journey toward the best approach. This journey entails outlining the appropriate curriculum, finding the appropriate content, establishing dynamic learning objectives and aligning the course with student needs and learning styles. After these criteria are met, the university seeks and selects the most qualitied faculty members to teach the course(s). When specialized credentialing requirements are involved, the University must take further steps to ensure that each course meets the standards of the certifying body. The context of this journey and enhancement of Davenport University's Global Project Management Program will include three parts. Part I will review recognition that course updates were necessary to meet changes in the latest revision of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide 6th ED, 2017). The university faculty, staff and a consultant with project management credentials developed a consistent process for making updates and ensuring that changes were made to meet requirements. Throughout the consulting phase, principles of Human Performance Improvement/Technology were followed to develop this process. Part II will exhibit a case study that illustrates successful student certification pursuit after completing the capstone course in the program. Part III will review future opportunities for application of performance improvement principles to other projects.
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Sklair, Leslie. "Corporate Starchitects and Unique Icons." In The Icon Project. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190464189.003.0009.
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Although some find it unpleasant and others find it flippant, the term ‘starchitect’ is theoretically useful for the sociology of architecture. It connects the world of the architect with the world of celebrity, and it connects architecture as an esoteric aesthetic practice with architecture as an industry in the public eye. Over the last few years, the term has become well established in the mass media and in trade publications, and it is also, slowly, starting to be taken seriously by scholars in and around architecture (e.g., McNeill 2009, Ponzini and Nastasi 2011; Knox 2012; Gravari-Barbas and Renard-Delautre 2015). The quest for fame, of course, is not new. Leon Battista Alberti, universal man, prodigious self-promoter of the early renaissance, and still an architectural notable, wrote an allegorical play on fame in the 1440s, recently reprinted (Alberti 1987). Neither Frank Lloyd Wright (1869–1959) nor Le Corbusier (1887–1965, Corb) shunned publicity; both were what we would now call celebrities. Their rivalry is well documented, mostly in arguments around different conceptions of modernism—they never met. Noting that Wright called the Villa Savoye, one of Corb’s most celebrated buildings, ‘a box on stilts’, the cultural historian Nicholas Cox Weber, in his life of Corb, comments: ‘Today, it is an icon of twentieth-century design and has spawned countless imitations all over the world’ (2008: 288; see also Etlin 1994). Wright and Corb died around the time capitalist globalization was beginning to establish itself as a truly global system, and their own lives contained significant measures of socially produced iconicity. Although these terms were not used about them during their lifetimes, they can be considered proto-global and proto-iconic architects, by which I mean that the terms ‘global’ and ‘iconic’ are fruitfully employed today about them and their surviving architectural works. So, before considering the starchitects of our time, it is instructive first of all to delve briefly into the careers of these two most iconic architects of the first half of the 20th century. Wright and Corb both enjoy institutional legacies and continue to have plenty of enthusiasts.
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Toler, Lisa. "Developing Project Team Cohesiveness in a Virtual Environment." In Advances in IT Personnel and Project Management, 136–59. IGI Global, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9688-4.ch009.
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As more projects require the specialized technical skills of those who work in virtual environments due to dispersed geographic locations, project managers of these distributed virtual teams (DVT) must gain insight into achieving project success amongst team members who hold varying operational and world perspectives. When organizational managers decide to implement virtual teams (VT), can they develop strategies to overcome the lack of social interaction, cultural differences, and preconceived notions that can hinder the development of a collaborative and cohesive team? In addition, leading DVTs in a manner that encourages collaboration, diversity, competency building, open communication, and overcoming feelings of isolation must be met in this technology-based environment. This chapter addresses the dilemma of managers in which they must have a clear understanding of what communication and relationship-building techniques and management systems are best suited.
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Alothaimeen, Ibraheem, and David Arditi. "Overview of Multi-Objective Optimization Approaches in Construction Project Management." In Multicriteria Optimization - Pareto-Optimality and Threshold-Optimality. IntechOpen, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.88185.
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The difficulties that are met in construction projects include budget issues, contractual time constraints, complying with sustainability rating systems, meeting local building codes, and achieving the desired quality level, to name but a few. Construction researchers have proposed and construction practitioners have used optimization strategies to meet various objectives over the years. They started out by optimizing one objective at a time (e.g., minimizing construction cost) while disregarding others. Because the objectives of construction projects often conflict with each other, single-objective optimization does not offer practical solutions as optimizing one objective would often adversely affect the other objectives that are not being optimized. They then experimented with multi-objective optimization. The many multi-objective optimization approaches that they used have their own advantages and drawbacks when used in some scenarios with different sets of objectives. In this chapter, a review is presented of 16 multi-objective optimization approaches used in 55 research studies performed in the construction industry and that were published in the period 2012–2016. The discussion highlights the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches when used in different scenarios.
Conference papers on the topic "MET project"
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Dong, J., and J. Dave. "Design-Build-Test: The Capstone Design Project." In ASME 2007 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2007-41452.
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Students working toward baccalaureate degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) at University of Cincinnati (UC) are required to complete a “Design, Build, and Test” senior capstone design project. Two of these capstone design projects during the 2005–2006 academic year were to design and build vehicles. One is a Basic Utility Vehicle (BUV), which was geared to meet the needs of developing countries for an affordable transportation. The national competition was held in Indianapolis, IN. The other one is an Autocross racing vehicle, which was built to meet the Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) Autocross specifications, and raced in the regional/local events. The Institute for Affordable Transportation (IAT) hosts a competition of designing and building BUV each year in Indianapolis, IN. IAT is a not-for-profit organization devoted to improving the living standards and enable economic growth in the developing world by creating a simple vehicle that can be assembled almost anywhere, by almost anyone. The competition tests and judges all of the entries to identify best design and suitable vehicles for developing countries. IAT has donated several vehicles to needy countries in South America and Africa. The SCCA is a 60,000-member not-for-profit organization featuring the most active membership participation in motorsports today. The foundation of the SCCA is its Club Racing program with over 2,000 amateur and professional motor sports events each year. One team of MET students built a BUV, and another team of students built an Autocross racing car as their senior projects. From concept to a final working vehicle with meeting the IAT’s or SCCA’s specifications, there are many challenges. The expertise and knowledge acquired from student’s coursework and co-op were utilized. This paper will give the short description of the senior capstone design course sequence at University of Cincinnati: the list of pre-requisites of its sequence, and partially describes 2005–2006 BUV and Autocross projects and the team experiences of the projects from start to finish.
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Rothman, Johanna. "Metrics and Software Project Management for the 21st Century." In ASME 1995 15th International Computers in Engineering Conference and the ASME 1995 9th Annual Engineering Database Symposium collocated with the ASME 1995 Design Engineering Technical Conferences. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/edm1995-0850.
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Abstract There is general agreement among the experts and practitioners that a crisis exists in Software Engineering. This crisis is in the area of software quality and schedules. How do we better predict product development progress on an ongoing basis? The quick answer is that all project managers need to know these things: • What are the requirements for functionality, cost, and schedule? • Do I have sufficient resources to meet those requirements? • Am I on target to meet those requirements? These questions are particularly critical for companies who produce complex software, such as real-time or process control products. There are ways to ensure that the requirements of schedule, functionality, and cost are met during project development. This paper will discuss project management activities, possible development process, and predictive measurements for project tracking and prediction for complex software products.
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Dave, Janak, and Janet Dong. "An Industry-University Collaboration Experience on a Senior Project." In ASME 2010 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2010-37456.
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Students working toward a baccalaureate degree in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati are required to complete a “Design, Build, and Test” senior capstone design project. Some of these capstone design projects are done in collaboration with industries to meet their needs. One of the projects during 2009–2010 academic year is to meet the needs of the packaging industry. The student team will design and recommend a specialized End of Arm Tool for palletizing applications. They will build a scaled model and the industrial sponsor may build the full product at the later date. A team of three students from Mechanical Engineering Technology at the University of Cincinnati are working on this project, which gives them an opportunity to showcase the knowledge and skills learned in their coursework and during the co-op (cooperative) experience, as well as to develop the additional skills needed to be successful in a team oriented business world. This team is working on a technically complex project from concept-to-design, build, test, and then to have the possibility of their product being used in commercial applications. This paper will give a description of the MET senior capstone design course sequence at University of Cincinnati and the list of pre-requisites for the capstone design sequence. It will also describe the design of 2009–2010 End of Arm Tool (EOAT) project and the plans for building a scaled model. Included too, is a description of how Industry-University Collaboration can improve student learning.
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Yilmaz, Emin. "Conversion of a Dune Buggy to a Hybrid Vehicle as a Systems Design Course Project." In ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2011-65392.
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Department of Technology has purchased a used Dune Buggy years ago. It had a 6.8 horsepower Honda G65 engine with a centrifugal clutch to move the vehicle. Students in EDTE 341-Transportation Technologies course have tried, twice, to fix the engine, but they were not successful. As a student design project in ETME 475-Mechanical Systems Design course, during spring semester of 2009, three Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) students, with the help of one Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology (EET) student, have converted the vehicle to a hybrid vehicle. The purpose of the design project was to convert an internal combustion engine (ICE) driven Dune Buggy to a hybrid vehicle. ICE and Electric motor (EM) sizes were kept at about 6HP and cost was limited to no more than $3000. ETME 475 is a three credit-hour course with two credit hours for lecture and one credit hour (two lab contact hours) for laboratory. Laboratory time is used to discuss the project(s) and cover basic knowledge needed for the specific project(s). Along with regular textbook homework sets, students are assigned to turn in project related assignments. Most weeks, both homework and project assignments were due. First half of the semester was spent on designing the hybrid vehicle. Second half of the semester was spent constructing it. There were three students enrolled in the course. One EET student worked on the project to do electrical/instrumentations systems design and wiring. At the end of the semester, Dune Buggy was able to move with the EM. However ICE stalled as soon as the magnetic clutch was engaged. The following semester, fall semester of 2009, another MET student worked on the project to modify wiring and replace the magnetic clutch with a centrifugal clutch. This work was done under two credit-hour, ETME 499-Independent Research in Mechanical Engineering course. At the end of the semester, the Dune Buggy was fully operational with EM and ICE, one at a time, or both at the same time. Two additional MET students worked on the vehicle during the spring semester of 2011 as one of their low-tech projects to improve safety by covering cover exposed areas of the dune buggy and paint it. This paper discusses the details and coordination of the project as a design project for senior level Mechanical Systems Design course.
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Anderson, John, and George Bullen. "Aviation Assembly Automation: A Case Study in MET/Industry Alliance." In ASME 2004 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2004-59876.
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There is a revolution underway in military aircraft assembly. This has been spurred by a combination of customer demands for faster and less expensive solutions, competition in the global aircraft market, and the opportunity to capitalize on technologies that have been developed for other industry segments. In addition, the workforce in military aviation in the US is aging and there is a need to train and educate a new workforce. This paper describes the formation of a unique consortium and the resultant strategic alliance(s) that are formed involving aircraft manufacturers, their equipment suppliers, and education. At the forefront of the educational efforts is Mechanical Engineering Technology. MET is in a unique position to assist in the test, evaluation, modification and technology assessments for their strategic industry and supplier partners. At the same time students are familiarized with the specific processes that the technology addresses and the problems of industry that the technology is targeted to resolve. The involvement of universities in industry research facilitates the familiarization of students with the unique and current problems faced by industry so that graduates enter the work force ready to assimilate into the value stream with minimum training and instruction. The development of a collaborative project between Northrop Grumman Corporation, M. Torres, SA, and the MET Department of Purdue University is discussed. The goal of this project is to develop a lower cost method of fixturing aircraft parts during assembly, with an integrated metrology system. Particular emphasis is placed on overcoming and aligning the scheduling, cultural and business obstacles in bringing together a Spanish machine builder, an American aircraft manufacturer and an academic department to address all aspects of the problem.
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Martini, Michele, Raúl Guanche, José A. Armesto, and Iñigo J. Losada. "Met-Ocean Conditions Influence Over Floating Wind Turbine Energy Production." In ASME 2015 34th International Conference on Ocean, Offshore and Arctic Engineering. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/omae2015-41078.
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The operation of a floating wind turbine may be severely affected by met-ocean conditions. In harsh climates, platform motions might exceed their safety limits and thus force the machine shutdown. It is here proposed a methodology for evaluating the effect of met-ocean conditions on the long-term energy production and dynamic response of such machines. Given a sample wind turbine, located off the coast of Santander, Spain, met-ocean data are extracted from reanalysis databases for a twenty years lifespan. The behavior of the wind turbine is simulated in the time domain for a subset of 500 hourly conditions, selected using a maximum dissimilarity algorithm (MDA), to reduce the computational effort. Results regarding floating platform motions are then interpolated for the whole set of data using radial basis functions (RBF). Tower inclination and hub acceleration are selected as relevant operating parameters. When one of them exceeds its safety threshold, the machine is supposed to be stopped. If no stops are considered, the capacity factor is 39%, while imposing more restrictive tolerances results in a non-linear decrease of the energy yield. This approach can be helpful in determining a good tradeoff between energy production and reliable operation, bridging the design and operational phases of the project.
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Saad, Hani S., Martin W. Weiser, and Donald C. Richter. "Partnering With Industry on Mechanical Engineering Capstone Projects." In ASME 2013 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2013-66092.
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The purpose of a Capstone course is to present the students with an engineering problem that needs to be solved. The students work in teams and are expected to document and research each step of the process. The idea is to mimic, as much possible, the situation encountered by engineers in the field. While industry sponsored projects are preferred, suggestions from students are also welcomed. The Mechanical Engineering (ME) and Mechanical Engineering Technology (MET) Department at Eastern Washington University has traditionally pursued industry sponsored projects by reaching out to the local businesses and through the department Industrial Advisory Committee. While the ME degree is a relatively new addition, the MET degree has been offered for many years. With the addition of the ME program, change came to the Capstone course. Emphasis is placed more on research and not on production. The goal now is to create one prototype instead of fifteen while focusing heavily on the research part. This change has an effect on the dynamics of the course and presents additional challenges, especially with industry sponsored projects. These changes are relevant to both the MET and ME Capstone courses. This paper highlights these challenges for four projects done in the spring of 2012 and proposes efficient ways of addressing them. One of these projects was very successful, two were moderately successful, and one was not particularly so. Recommendations for teachers and students on the best ways to approach such a project are also highlighted.
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Brackin, Patricia D., and J. Darrell Gibson. "Techniques for the Implementation, Administration, and Evaluation of Industrially Sponsored Capstone Design Projects in the ME Curriculum." In ASME 2006 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. ASMEDC, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2006-16026.
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The benefits of company sponsored capstone design projects, both to academia and to industry, have been well established. At Rose-Hulman the benefits to students include the broadening of their engineering skills, the required interaction with practicing engineers, the strengthening of teaming skills by working in design groups, the development of communication skills with required oral and written reports, and the experiences of project management. These projects are "owned and managed" by the student teams with company contacts providing appropriate data and information and with faculty serving as advisors only. The authors have developed and improved these student/industry interactions over the last few years with over 120 students working with about 30 different companies each year. ABET 2000 requires that graduates demonstrate the ability to design a system, component or process to meet a given need. The capstone design course is the natural place to assess whether or not the outcome is met. It is the purpose of this paper to identify the necessary steps for soliciting, screening, and selecting the types of company projects that will enhance educational objectives and further industrial partnerships. A further purpose is to demonstrate how the course is used to assess the ABET design outcome. Finally the paper discusses how the authors have recently improved this client based design experience and the quality of the final design by utilizing project managers from Rose-Hulman Ventures (the innovation and incubation technology arm of Rose-Hulman) as "design review teams" to meet with and to serve as additional resources to the student teams.
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Ay, Ahmet, Huseyin Ali Dogan, and Ahmet Sonmez. "Drilling Fluids Project Engineering Guidance and Most Common Fluids Related Challenges for Deepwater and HPHT Offshore Wells." In Offshore Technology Conference. OTC, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4043/31179-ms.
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Abstract This paper discusses both technical and project management aspects of drilling fluids services for deepwater and high pressure high temperature (HPHT) offshore drilling projects. The technical discussion part includes deepwater and HPHT specific fluids related concerns such as logistics, narrow drilling window, shallow hazards, gas hydrates, HPHT conditions and low temperature rheology; together with practical solutions for each of them. As some of these challenges cannot be met by only fluids itself, technologies such as managed pressure drilling (MPD), dual-gradient drilling (DGD) and use of special downhole tools are also included in the discussions. The project management aspect is covered for both the planning and execution phases. A newly developed Four Stage Planning Guideline (4SPG) with a recommended timetable is proposed for high-profile offshore drilling projects. Starting from fluids selection to preparation of the contingency plans is discussed in detail for the planning phase. Execution phase is discussed mainly for service company representatives on how to follow main or contingency plans effectively and ensure good communication is achieved with all parties involved. Work model presented in this paper can be used as a complete guideline by operating and service company representatives in order to increase the success rate of these high-risk offshore drilling projects and ensure learnings are captured in a structured way for continuous improvement.
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Steur, Ronald, Yanko Lyubenov Yaven, Boris Gueorguiev, Rao Mahadeva, and Wenquan Shen. "Crosscutting Requirements in the International Project on Innovative Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO)." In 10th International Conference on Nuclear Engineering. ASMEDC, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/icone10-22503.
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There are two categories of requirements: (i) user requirements that need to be met by the designers and manufacturers of innovative reactors and fuel cycles, and (ii) a wide spectrum of requirements that need to be met by countries, willing to successfully deploy innovative nuclear reactors for energy production. This part of the International Project on Innovative Reactors and Fuel Cycles will mainly deal with the second category of requirements. Both categories of requirements will vary depending on the institutional development, infrastructure availability and social attitude in any given country. Out of the need for sustainable development requirements will also more specific in the future. Over a 50-year time frame both categories of requirements will evolve with social and economic development as nuclear technology develops further. For example, the deployment of innovative reactors in countries with marginal or non-existing nuclear infrastructures would be possible only if the reactors are built, owned and operated by an international nuclear utility or if they are inherently safe and can be delivered as a “black box - nuclear battery”. A number of issues will need to be addressed and conditions and requirements developed if this is going to become a reality. One general requirement for wider utilization of innovative nuclear power will be the public and environmental considerations, which will play a role in the decision making processes. Five main clusters of topics will be handled: • Infrastuctural aspects, typology and consequences for nuclear development. • Industrial requirements for the different innovative concepts. • Institutional developments and requirements for future deployment of nuclear energy. (National as well as international). • Socio-political aspects, a.o. public acceptance and role of governments. • Sustainability: requirements following the need for sustainability. Analysis will be made of the evolution of national and international social, institutional and infrastructure requirements for the deployment of innovative nuclear technology through 2050 and beyond and requirements will be identified following the need for.
Reports on the topic "MET project"
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Verhoeven, J. T. W., R. Timmer, H. A. van Schooten, J. Groten, and H. J. Russchen. Grondig boeren met mais : eindrapportage project t/m 2016. Lelystad: Stichting Wageningen Research (WR), business unit Praktijkonderzoek Akkerbouw, Groene ruimte en Vollegrondsgroenten, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/425053.
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Farmer, M. T., S. Lomperski, D. J. Kilsdonk, R. W. Aeschlimann, and S. Basu. OECD MCCI project Melt Eruption Test (MET) design report, Rev. 2. April 15, 2003. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), May 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1014857.
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Verhoeven, J. T. W., D. A. van der Schans, H. A. van Schooten, and J. Groten. Grondig boeren met maïs in Drenthe: eindverslag project periode 2012-2015. Lelystad: Praktijkonderzoek Plant & Omgeving, onderdeel van Wageningen UR, Business Unit Akkerbouw, Groene Ruimte en Vollegrondsgroenten, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/393360.
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Verhoeven, J. T. W., R. Timmer, H. A. van Schooten, J. Groten, and M. Wesselink. Grondig boeren met mais in Drenthe : rapportage project t/m 2017. Bleiswijk: Stichting Wageningen Research, Wageningen Plant Research, Business unit Open Teelten, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/448061.
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Álvarez, Carola, Leonardo Corral, Ana Cuesta, José Martínez, César Montiel, and Consuelo Yépez. Project Completion Report Analysis: Factors Behind Project Success and Effectiveness. Inter-American Development Bank, March 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003116.
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The goal of development assistance is to deliver measurable results. At the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Development Effectiveness Framework (DEF) was adopted to enhance the likelihood this goal is met. The key objective of this analysis is to enhance our understanding of the role the set of tools and processes adopted at the IDB, from project design to completion, play in the assessment of a projects success and effectiveness. Specifically, we are interested in teasing out the role different dimensions of project design, assessed through the Development Effectiveness Matrix (DEM), and execution performance indicators, as per the Project Monitoring Report (PMR), have on the delivery of effective and successful projects measured through the Project Completion Report (PCR) methodology implemented at the IDB. We also explore the validation process of PCRs and delve into the effectiveness analysis at the level of specific objectives and result indicators, identifying key pitfalls associated with objectives not being met. Overall, our findings provide strong validation for the DEF and its tools. We find robust evidence for the importance of the quality at entry assessment conducted through the DEM. In particular, the quality of the results matrix at approval is a strong determinant of project success and effectiveness at closure, and the quality of the Evaluation Plan is strongly associated with the effectiveness of a project. In terms of execution performance, our analysis finds that, on average, projects that execute a lower share of their approved loan amount, are put on Alert, or are classified as a Problem, in its first three years of execution; and projects that experience a higher share of their outputs discontinued, with respect to their first results matrix, are most likely to be ineffective in achieving their objectives and will likely be rated as unsuccessful.
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Wilcox, S. Solar Technology Validation Project - Solargen (Met Station): Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-09-367-06. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1090957.
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Wilcox, S. Solar Technology Validation Project - Southwest Solar (Met Station): Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-09-367-08. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1090958.
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Wilcox, S. Solar Technology Validation Project - Hualapai Valley Solar (Met Station): Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-09-367-02. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), July 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1087797.
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Wilcox, S. Solar Technology Validation Project - Utah State Energy Program (Met Station): Cooperative Research and Development Final Report, CRADA Number CRD-09-367-09. Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), August 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.2172/1090970.
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Tsafaras, I., and B. H. E. Vanthoor. Het verticale temperatuurprofiel in een tomaten kas uitgerust met belichting, 2 schermen en een VentilationJet systeem : Als onderdeel van het monitorings project. Bleiswijk: Stichting Wageningen Research, Wageningen Plant Research, Business unit Glastuinbouw, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18174/458749.
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