Business Intelligence Support For Project Management

Muntean, Mihaela and Cabau, Liviu Gabiel (2013): Business Intelligence Support For Project Management. Published in: MI Journal No. 8/2013 (8 June 2013): pp. 35-38.

Abstract

With respect to the project management framework, a project live cycle consists of phases like: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring & control and closing. Monitoring implies measuring the progress and performance of the project during its execution and communicating the status. Actual performance is compared with the planned one. Therefore, a minimal set of key performance indicators will be proposed. Monitoring the schedule progress, the project budget and the scope will be possible. Within a Business Intelligence initiative, monitoring is possible by attaching the key performance indicators to the OLAP cube. In turn, the cube was deployed over a proper data warehouse schema.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: project management, business intelligence, key performance indicators
• Subjects: L - Industrial Organization > L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior > L21 - Business Objectives of the Firm; M - Business Administration and Business Economics ; Marketing ; Accounting ; Personnel Economics > M0 - General

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