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Lewis, Scott C. "NetIQ evaluation project." [Denver, Colo.] : Regis University, 2005. http://165.236.235.140/lib/SLewis2005.pdf.
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Tomášová, Zuzana. "Hodnocení úspěšnosti řízení vybraného projektu v kontextu práce projektové kanceláře." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113676.
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The master's thesis focuses on project management. The basic terms of project management, the lifecycle of a project and project stakeholders are decribed in the theoretical part of the thesis. The EVM method and survey are characterized in the methodological part of the thesis. Afterwards Komerční banka, a.s. and its project management practice are presented. The essential part of the thesis consists of the analysis of a selected project and a survey in Komerční banka, a.s. The final part of the thesis presents recommended measures resulting from the analysis.
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Khalid, Rameez. "Progress in Transferable Work-load Projects : Development of a Robust Method for the Evaluation and Forecasting of Distributed Progress." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009INPT051G/document.
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Mesurer l'avancement de gros projets est toujours difficile car la charge de travail est partagée entre les départements d'une entreprise ou même entre des entreprises réparties dans le monde. La littérature de niveau recherche sur la gestion des projets a été passée en revue pour découvrir les différentes techniques applicables. Les outils largement utilisés pour prévoir et mesurer l'avancement des projets, comme la méthode de la valeur acquise (Earned Value Analysis), Progress Plot, Milestone and Resource slip charts, Concurrent Engineering, peuvent être utilisés. Le problème étudié est lié à l'industrie pharmaceutique où de nouveaux traitements ou médicaments sont développés, et où l'efficacité d'un traitement médical est testée sur des patients répartis à travers le monde. Beaucoup de variables augmentent la complexité et l'ambiguïté du problème étudié. L'objectif principal est d'analyser l'efficacité d'une solution dans différentes situations au cours du projet, de sorte que la durée soit la plus réduite possible, et que les objectifs soit atteints au moindre coût. Les résultats suggèrent que la relocalisation des patients dans les pays produit de meilleurs résultats en terme d'avancement de projetIn large projects measuring progress is always difficult due to the complexities involved, because the realization is shared among departments of a firm or even between firms disseminated all over the world. Project management and operations research literature is reviewed for discovering various techniques applicable. Widely used tools for progress measurement and forecasting, such as Earned Value Analysis, Progress Plot, Milestone and Resource slip charts, concurrent engineering, can be employed. This thesis is based on a problem of pharmaceutical industry where the effectiveness of a certain medical treatment is examined on patients in a number of countries. The number of variables involved increase the complexity of this problem. The main objective is to analyze the effectiveness of a solution in different situations during the project such that a better project duration and a lower cost can be achieved. Our findings suggest that reallocation of patients among countries produces better results in terms of progress
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Pěkný, Ondřej. "Plan and Evaluation of the Development Project." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-17476.
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The aim of the thesis is to explain main aspects of the development and elaboration of a real project of mountain apartments on the level of a feasibility study. The thesis is divided up into two parts. Theoretical part describes individual stages of the development, involved entities and the procedure of obtaining building permit, which is all necessary for the implementation of the project. The emphasis is laid on funding, namely financial resources and tax optimalization. The second part deals with the develoment project itsef, which is the construction of weekend apartments in the mountains. The project aims at finding the right use of a specific piece of land, the concept of construction and its funding. Further on the thesis contains sensibility analysis, market and competion analysis and SWOT analysis and identification of main risks including their solution and possible preventive measures. The final part of the thesis focuses on evaluation of this project and its comparison with several competitive projects.
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Kurniawan, Fredy. "An integrated project evaluation tool for public-private partnership projects." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/2711.
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The evaluation of a large infrastructure project is a critical activity for bidders and governments under traditional procurement or through Public Private Partnership. When a project requires huge capital investment, public-private partnership (PPP) is often sought as an alternative in cases of shortage of public funds. Nevertheless, the complexity of the PPP arrangement has constituted a dilemma for government authorities to balance the interests between the public and the private parties (stakeholders). High capital burdens in terms of PPP bidding cost, construction cost, and operation and maintenance cost are part of the major challenges for private sponsors to get involved in PPP projects. Meanwhile, PPP scheme projects, believed to deliver better value for money, have been criticised by many as the product of highest influence level from either political patronage or corporate political power. There is an apparent need for a tool to help the government agency evaluate the delivery of value for money on PPP projects while still sustaining the interests of private parties. The aim of this research is to assist government agencies in evaluating bids and making decision efficiently for PPP seaport development projects through the use of an integrated project evaluation tool (IPET). A computer (MS excel program) based tool was developed to evaluate the project financial viability and negotiate the risk sharing mechanism of PPP Seaport Project at five different project stages. The stakeholders’ expectations, financial indicators, financial risks, and mitigation measures are considered and developed into the following modules: (1) Financial viability module; (2) Financial risk analysis module; and (3) Financial risk mitigation module. A triangulation strategy was justified with caution due to the possibility of error. A qualitative method (i.e. literature review and interview to explore stakeholders’ expectation and preferred indicators of PPP financial models) was undertaken prior to performing a quantitative technique (i.e. questionnaire survey to narrow down the preliminary findings). Then, the proposed tool was validated by comparing the results with secondary data and interviewing experts regarding their opinion on its applicability. The findings from the statistical analysis indicate that an efficient negotiation is possible if: (1) PPP financial models were used at the pre-proposal stage to examine the project’s ability in generating enough cash flow; (2) All stakeholders know the most important expectations and the most preferred financial indicators of other stakeholders; and (3) IRR, NPV, Revenue, Operating Cost, and Principal Payback are not considered as the only financial indicators for evaluating PPP projects. By knowing the mutual agreement among stakeholders, any conflicting expectations can also be identified early and it may be possible to accommodate such expectations in the negotiation process. The IPET has been confirmed that it has several implications: (1) possibility to facilitate an efficient negotiation and effective evaluation process; (2) applicability in evaluating PPP seaport projects; and (3) potentially to be extended to other sectors. However, the IPET is designed to be used with financial model, hence it will require an actual PPP financial model.
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Shyriaieva, N. V., and Bilal Hussain. "Investment project evaluation methods overview." Thesis, Національний технічний університет "Харківський політехнічний інститут", 2018. http://repository.kpi.kharkov.ua/handle/KhPI-Press/43316.
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Timmons, Cory. "Sisterhood for Change Project evaluation." online resource, 2008. http://digitalcommons.hsc.unt.edu/theses/8/.
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Náhlík, Martin. "Developerský projekt na rozparcelování pozemků pro rodinné domy v Prostějově." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-367515.
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This master´s thesis focuses on the design and realization of a property development project. This work describes the steps from the preliminary plan to the sale of an individual construction plot for construction. The primary objective of this master´s thesis is the evaluation of project efficiency.
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Powell, Shon. "Evaluation of the Veteran Resilience Project." Antioch University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1562201907914759.
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Ferrara, Erika <1994>. "Green Finance and Green Project Evaluation." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/17392.
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The growing threat of climate change has led to a strong interest in sustainability,
environment and climate issues, especially as a result of the Paris agreement signed in 2015.
The shift towards a more sustainable and climate resilient economy has led to the creation of
a specific sector of finance: Green Finance. Although this sector is constantly evolving, there is
still a long way to go to standardize and homogenize this field.
The focus of this thesis is on Green Projects, which are medium-long term projects with
environmental and climate objectives. The analysis concerns, in particular, the financial
instruments used for their financing, the necessary eligibility criteria, the required
certifications and the sectors in which these projects operate.
In order to provide the most comprehensive analysis of these projects, it has been necessary
to study the methodology used for their evaluation: cost-benefit analysis. To complete the
assessment, an empirical study of a Green Project is finally carried out.
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Burton, Salma. "Evaluation in health promotion : assessing effectiveness of Healthy City Project evaluations." Thesis, London South Bank University, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.326942.
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Poludvorná, Lucie. "Projekt výplat výsluhové penze a hodnocení jeho průběhu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-15630.
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This diploma thesis deals with the development and further evaluating of a project of develop and implement of a software. It tracks a running project and then on evaluates it according to the methodology for project management, research in a field of project participants and personal highlights. The introduce is scoped on the characteristic of the project and to possibilities of evaluating. Then follows an introduction with the area of project realization and a short brief of the project develop. At the end, there are formulated evaluations of the project and suggestions for possible improvement.
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Möller, Amanda. "Lean Product Development : Evaluation of a project with focus on project management." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-183127.
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Conducting Development Projects as fast as possible is very important for gaining as much profit from your product as possible. One method for conducting Development Projects is Lean. Lean is a way of working which focuses on getting rid of time consuming tasks that doesn’t bring in any value for the final product such as long meetings, searching for information, waiting for decisions etc. Habia Cable uses Lean thinking in their development method but still has problems with projects being delayed. The task of this project is to investigate one of their development projects to see how well it followed the plan and budget set up at the beginning. The goal is to develop the Lean method used and make it more adjusted to the workings at Habia Cable. The investigation was made by interviewing all project participants and some experienced Project Managers as well as looking thru documentation from the project. The conclusions from the investigation were that all the goals for the project except one have been met. The one that haven’t been met jet is the one that they are still working on. The goals need to become more open to cope with the changes in the market. The Synchronization Plan for the project was too detailed and took too much time to set up. The Risk Plan was good and had realistic actions but requires more follow up. The budget for the project was lacking estimations for production costs and for all consultants. More time should be spent on creating the budget and it also requires more follow-up and updating when new investments are required. The new project method developed was based on the idea that conditions for the project keeps changing. The method has the same tools but with some changes. The Goal Picture is allowed to be changed and it is evaluated regularly. The Synchronization Plan has is built of larger blocks, which are broken down into smaller tasks, as each block is started. A time line has also been added although it is also rough. The risks are divided into two groups, single tasks risks and ongoing risks. The single task risks are given an action and responsible person. The ongoing risks are graded and the top tem risks are given a set of action and a person responsible for handling it. The budget has more people involved in its creation and is based on a pre-defined list of categories.Att genomföra ett utvecklingsprojekt så snabbt som möjligt är viktigt för att göra största möjlig vinst på din produkt. En metod för att genomföra Utvecklingsprojekt är Lean. Lean är ett sätt att arbeta som fokuserar på att ta bort tidskrävande uppgifter som inte medför något mervärde för slutprodukten så som långa möten, letande efter information, väntan på beslut med mera. Habia Cable använder Lean tänkande i sina utvecklingsprojekt men har fortfarande problem med att vissa projekt blir försenade. Uppgiften för detta projekt är att undersöka ett av deras utvecklingsprojekt för att se hur väl det följde den plan och budget som sattes upp i början av projektet. Målet är att utveckla den Lean metod som används och göra den mer anpassad för arbetssättet på Habia Cable. Undersökning genomfördes genom att intervjua alla deltagare i projektet och några erfarna projektledare samt genom att gå igenom dokumentationen för projektet. Slutsatserna från undersökningen var att alla mål för projektet förutom ett är mötta. Det mål som inte har blivit mött är det mål som projektdeltagarna fortfarande arbetar med. Målen behöver i allmänhet bli mer öppna för att kunna hantera ändringar i marknaden. Synkroniseringsplanen för projekt var för detaljerad och tog för lång tid att sätta upp. Riskplanen var bra och hade realistiska lösningar men behöver mer uppföljning. Budgeten saknade uppskattningar för produktionskostnader och kostnader för alla konsulter. Mer tid behöver spenderas på att skapa budgeten och den kräver också mer uppföljning och uppdatering när nya investeringar anses nödvändiga. Den nya projektmetod som tagits fram var baserad på idéen att förutsättningar för projektet kontinuerligt förändras. Metoden har samma verktyg men med några förändringar. Målbilden är tillåten att förändras och den utvärderas regelbundet. Synkroniseringsplanen är uppbyggd av större block vilka bryts ner till mindre uppgifter när varje block startas. En tidslinje har också blivit tillagd men den är också grov. Risker är uppdelade i två grupper, enkeluppgifts risker och pågående risker. Enkeluppgifts risker tilldelas en lösning och en ansvarig person. Pågående riskerna värderas och de topp tio riskerna tilldelas ett hanteringssätt och en ansvarig person. Budgeten har fler personer involverade vid sin framställning och är baserad på en fördefinierad lista på kategorier.
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Meier, Helga. "Project evaluation and capital budgeting under uncertainty." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/7785.
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Gala, Antonio. "Analysis and evaluation of Project Evergreen data." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27942.
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Project Evergreen was an experiment conducted to evaluate antenna responses to nanosecond pulses and the capability of broadband equipment to capture them. The two antennas tested were a log periodic antenna modified by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and a TEM horn antenna. Analysis of the data collected by the Naval Postgraduate School test site personnel indicated the following: (1) The antenna output response characteristic is different for the log periodic antenna and the TEM horn antenna. (2) The received polarization is a function of the transmitted polarization and the orientation of the receiving site relative to the transmitting site. (3) Signal strength and capture are a function of the polarization alignment of the transmitting and receiving antenna. (4) Pulses on the order of 1 to 10 nanoseconds require bandwidth exceeding 1 Gigahertz (GHz) in the transmitting and receiving equipment. (5) Broadband equipment with minimum bandwidths of 1 GHz are required to adequately capture and process extremely short time duration signals
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Booth, Jonathan Alan Nesbit. "The evaluation of project models in construction." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357798.
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Okano, Shinichi. "A financial evaluation of the Eurotunnel project." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106039.
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Lopez, Jaclyn Marie. "Environmental NGO Accountability: Project Management through Evaluation." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/190650.
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Tabatabaei, Mahsa. "Evaluation of Security in Hadoop." Thesis, KTH, Kommunikationsnät, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-160269.
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There are different ways to store and process large amount of data. Hadoop iswidely used, one of the most popular platforms to store huge amount of dataand process them in parallel. While storing sensitive data, security plays animportant role to keep it safe. Security was not that much considered whenHadoop was initially designed. The initial use of Hadoop was managing largeamount of public web data so confidentiality of the stored data was not anissue. Initially users and services in Hadoop were not authenticated; Hadoop isdesigned to run code on a distributed cluster of machines so without properauthentication anyone could submit code and it would be executed. Differentprojects have started to improve the security of Hadoop. Two of these projectsare called project Rhino and Project Sentry [1].Project Rhino implements splittable crypto codec to provide encryptionfor the data that is stored in Hadoop distributed file system. It also developsthe centralized authentication by implementing Hadoop single sign on whichprevents repeated authentication of the users accessing the same services manytimes. From the authorization point of view Project Rhino provides cell-basedauthorization for Hbase [2].Project Sentry provides fine-grained access control by supporting role-basedauthorization which different services can be bound to it to provide authorizationfor their users [3].It is possible to combine security enhancements which have been done inthe Project Rhino and Project Sentry to further improve the performance andprovide better mechanisms to secure Hadoop.In this thesis, the security of the system in Hadoop version 1 and Hadoopversion 2 is evaluated and different security enhancements are proposed, consideringsecurity improvements made by the two aforementioned projects, ProjectRhino and Project Sentry, in terms of encryption, authentication, and authorization.This thesis suggests some high-level security improvements on theCentralized authentication system (Hadoop Single Sign on) implementationmade by Project Rhino.
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Nguyen, Cam Nhung, and Eriona Shtembari. "Key Criteria in Project Evaluation : A study of New Service Development." Thesis, Umeå University, Umeå School of Business, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-18451.
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Project evaluation is concerned with indicators setting and performance tracking along the life of a project. It plays an essential role to the success of any project and therefore demands special attention. At the heart of this process lies a system of criteria one has to take into account when performing the evaluation. Our thesis considers this problem in a particular context, namely New Service Development (NSD) projects. The topic is of our interest because innovation (hence NSD) has become an inherent aspect of service industry while the research dedicated to NSD project evaluation is rather limited. Our thesis aims at understanding the purposes, the process of evaluating NSD projects and pointing out specific criteria included during the evaluation of NSD projects. As a result, the research question pursuing is: ‘What are key Evaluation Criteria for New Service Development projects?’ From the literature review on project evaluation and new service development, our study reveals a list of eight important criteria of evaluation. This consists of three financial criteria: (1) profitability, (2) production cost, (3) return on investment; and five non-financial criteria: (4) strategic fit, (5) marketing criteria, (6) corporate social responsibilities, (7) information quality, and (8) facilitating factors. From empirical perspective, qualitative approach is applied to collect data through three case studies and a series of semi-structured interviews with seventeen respondents in Albania, Italy, Sweden and Vietnam, from companies offering various types of service. The case studies build comprehensive understanding on the process of new service development, of project evaluation for NSD whereas interviews check the transferability of the three cases and identify evaluation criteria employed in practice. The empirical results were analyzed in comparison with the arguments found from literature. Regarding the research question, the study found that the set of evaluation criteria collected from empirical study fits with the list of eight criteria proposed by literature. Among this set, two main criteria ‘strategic fit’ (4) and ‘customer satisfaction’ which is apart of ‘marketing criteria’ (5) are recommended as ‘must’ for the evaluation process on any type of NSD project. Findings of this research contribute to the existing knowledge provided by both academic and practitioners regarding both project management field and new service development area, by suggesting a set of key criteria that should be used as guidance in order to succeed with evaluation of NSD projects.
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Elliott, William F. "Teacher evaluation and administration effectiveness." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1988. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/360.
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Al-Khadra, Wesam Faisal. "R & D project management : approach to an integrated model for project evaluation." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.428838.
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Cars, Mikiko. "Project Evaluation in Development Cooperation : A Meta-Evaluative Case Study in Tanzania." Doctoral thesis, Stockholm : Institute of International Education, Department of Education, Stockholm University, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1289.
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SHTEMBARI, ERIONA. "Project evaluation: a tool for successful new service development: the case of IT projects in Bank X." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata", 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2108/207913.
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Literature review so far, reveals that many studies have been discussing the issue of IT project selection and associated investment decisions, but very few authors have considered how organizations settle on project evaluation which fosters the main source of success. Therefore, this research aims at exploring on one hand project evaluation process together with the techniques or methods concerned, in order to understand how project evaluation is made, and the IT project management environment at the other hand.
Moreover, evaluation should be performed throughout the IT project life cycle and not only at the first stage of project selection. This research has grouped evaluation methods and techniques into three groups, managerial-financial-and-development, under a strategic approach of decision making upon the service projects. Empirical data are gathered through a case study conducted in Bank X in Albania.
Finally, by combining both, findings from conducting a systematic literature review of the topic and findings from the empirical study, the researcher has come up with a suggested framework for guiding practitioner how to evaluate their projects and successfully launch innovative services.
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Bower, Douglas, and not supplied. "New Directions in Project Performance and Progress Evaluation." RMIT University. Property, Construction and Project Management, 2007. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080130.135140.
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Dr. Bower confirmed that earned value management (EVM) is not widely adopted, and that many project managers see the methodology as being overly complex and difficult to implement. He identified several serious challenges associated with conventional EVM.and addressed the first issue by creating a new theoretical concept called Assured Value Analysis (AVA). This add-in process provides two new measures, permitting improvements to EVM that take into account the added certainty provided through procurement. Assured Value (AV) represents the budget for a future signed contract, and Expected Cost (EC) represents the agreed cost of that contract. Those measures permit the calculation of a Total Cost Variance that includes not only cost deviations to date, but also future ones to which the project team is already committed. AVA also allows conventional EVM formulae to take into account the Assured Value and Expected Cost of future signed agreements. A simple notional project is used to demonstrate the implementation of AVA. He resolved the remaining challenges and issues through realising that the isolation of project phases would provide a simplified but more dependable methodology, one that also provides features not found in conventional EVM. Significant milestones are normally planned to occur at the end of a project phase. By assessing project performance only at the end of each completed phase, performance calculations are significantly simplified.. His new technique, Phase Earned Value Analysis (PEVA) simplifies the calculation of PV, EV and AC, and also provides benefits that are not possible with EVM. Since the planned and actual phase completion dates are known, an intuitively simple but accurate time-based schedule variance and schedule performance index (i.e. SVP and SPIP) can be measured. PEVA also permits the forecasting of future phase end cost figures and phase completion dates using the phase CPI and SPI ratios. Since PEVA employs data points having specific x axis and y-axis values, those can be readily plotted and trend lines identified with standard spreadsheet functions. This is a powerful feature, as it allows key project stakeholders to visualise emerging project performance trends as each phase is completed. Finally, he successfully combined the AVA and PEVA concepts, resulting in a new EVM methodology - Phase Assured Value Analysis (PAVA) - which takes into account the assurance provided by procurement, simplifies the calculation of earned value through phases, and provides powerful forecasting and charting features. He validated this new combined approach in multiple respects. The new AVA and PEVA formulae were rigorously established and confirmed through standard algebraic procedures. The formulae were tested in sample project situations, to clearly demonstrate their functions. He argues that the PAVA approach conforms to the 32 criteria established in the United States for full EVM compliance. He presented AVA and PEVA to critical audiences at major project management conferences in North America and the UK, as well as several gaining expert criticism from organisations and practitioners. Finally, he used archived cost and schedule records to retrospectively test the combined PAVA methodology on a significant office facilities and technology program.
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Chomát, Jakub. "Evaluation of an investment project of a wind turbine." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-5393.
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The paper describes the market environment in the field of wind energy. Its aim is to evaluate a concrete investment project of a wind turbine from an investor's point of view. The investor assesses a potential construction of a wind turbine through considering experts's judgments. As an example, three different variations of financing were chosen. On each of these variations standard methods of effectiveness evaluation were applied
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Bird, Michele Marie. "Evaluation of a nursing residency program." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/808.
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Recruitment and retention of professional nurses are crucial issues for hospital departments of nursing. Recognizing the necessity to bridge the gap that persists between nursing education and nursing services, hospitals have designed programs to assist new nurses make the transition to current nursing practice. By helping individuals make the transition to current nursing practice it is hoped that staff nurses will be retained.
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Mettrick, Jon George. "Test anxiety and coping with evaluation." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1512.
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Schiro, Victor Raymond. "Addressing students' competencies thru portfolio evaluation." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2039.
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Maline, Sandra Kay. "Coparenting/Divorce education: A program evaluation." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2277.
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The study conducted, sought to assess the effectiveness of an established divorce education program in reducing parental conflict and increasing cooperative coparenting relationships among former spouses and also to assess the participant satisfaction with the program's format.
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Cruz, Justina Diaz. "A comparison of perceived credibility of evaluation sources in university organizations." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1990. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/763.
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MacLeod, Susannah Mykelle. "An analysis of California Project Learning Tree workshops evaluation (1995)." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1997. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1315.
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This project was undertaken to analyze workshop evaluation forms completed by just over 2000 participants who attended workshops in 1995 throughout California related to the Project Learning Tree (PLT) environmental education program. These workshops were designed for teachers and other educators working with students from preschool through eighth grade.
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Puskar, Imsirovic Aldijana. "Kritiska framgångsfaktorer i anläggningsprojekt : vad är ett lyckat anläggningsprojekt och hur utvärderas anläggningsprojekt?" Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Handelshögskolan, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-64694.
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Syftet med denna magisteruppsats är att undersöka vad som menas med ett lyckat projekt, vilka är de kritiska framgångsfaktorer för anläggningsprojekt och hur utvärderas anläggningsprojekt i praktiken. Detta syfte prövades genom kvalitativa intervjuundersökningar i form av inledande studie som utgörs av personliga strukturerade intervjuer med öppna/ fria svarsalternativ baserat på mina kollegor ifrån Fastighet- och serviceförvaltningen, med fokus på anläggningsprojekt där beställaren är Gislaveds kommun och dels genom telefonintervjuer med projektledare och chefer ifrån PEAB, NCC, Accent Arkitekter, Weedo Tech med mera. Empiriskt erhållna data analyseras utifrån tre analysmodeller; vad är ett lyckat projekt (fråga 1,2), kritiska framgångsfaktorer (fråga 3,4,5,6 och 9) och analysmodell för hur utvärderas projekt (7,8). Det framkom att hälften av respondenterna definierade ett lyckat anläggningsprojekt enligt projekttriangeln. Medan hälften av svarande definierade ett lyckat anläggningsprojekt enligt en vidareutveckling av projekttriangeln med kundnöjdhet. Det framhålls att kompetens, engagemang, tydligt uppdrag, god planering, tillräcklig budget, bra förstudie och projektering, organisation och ledning är de faktorer som främjar ett lyckat projekt. Härvidlag framhålls det att det unika för denna studie, dvs det som avviker ifrån vetenskapliga teorier och analysmodellen är det har tillkommit nya faktorer såsom samsyn, partnering, bra förstudie och projektering. Gällande dem kritiska framgångsfaktorer så är det enligt respondenter förstudie, kompetens, engagemang, ekonomi, tidsplaner, tydligt uppdrag, kommunikation och ledarskap. Det framkom i denna studie att det som avviker ifrån vetenskapliga teorier och analysmodellen är utökning med andra kritiska framgångsfaktorer har såsom förstudie, tidsplaner och kommunikation. Min slutsats är att det stämmer så som flera studier tyder på att det inte går att identifiera några generella allmängiltiga framgångsfaktorer (L. Ljung 2011) utan det är fallspecifikt som i det här fallet där det fallspecifika för bygg- och anläggningsprojekt som utkristalliserats är partnering och projektering. Slutsatsen är också att framgångsfaktorer varierar beroende på projektets storlek, komplexitet och tekniska osäkerhet. Beträffande hur anläggningsprojekt utvärderas i praktiken så framhålls det att projekt utvärderas i stort sett utifrån projekttriangel men med en modifierad och utökad variant enligt analysmodellen ovan, där kundnöjdhetsindex har lagts till. Gällande den kontinuerliga utvärderingen under projektets gång så framkom det i denna studie att även funktionskrav, ÄTA (ändrings och tilläggsarbeten) och arbetsmiljöplan följs upp och utvärderas. Min slutsats är att projekttriangeln har lämnat starka avtryck även i utvärderingen av projekt med viss modifiering där det tagits hänsyn till kvalitetsarbetet.The purpose of this master's thesis is to investigate what is meant by a successful project, which are the critical success factors for construction projects and how evaluated construction projects are in practice. This purpose was tested through qualitative interview studies in the form of an initial study consisting of personal structured interviews with open / free answer options based on my colleagues from the Real Estate and Service Administration, focusing on construction projects where the client is Gislaved municipality and partly by telephone interviews with project managers and managers from PEAB, NCC, Accent Architects, Weedo Tech and more. Empirically obtained data is analyzed on the basis of three analysis models; What is a successful project (question 1.2), critical success factors (questions 3,4,5,6 and 9) and analysis model for evaluating projects (7.8). It was found that half of respondents defined a successful construction project according to the project triangle. While half of respondents defined a successful construction project according to a further development of the project triangle with customer satisfaction. It is emphasized that skills, dedication, clear assignments, good planning, adequate budget, good study and design, organization and management are the factors that promote a successful project. In this respect, it is emphasized that the unique nature of this study, ie, which differs from scientific theories and the analysis model, has brought about new factors such as consensus, partnering, good study and design. Concerning them, critical success factors, according to the respondents, are preliminary studies, skills, commitment, economics, schedules, clear assignments, communication and leadership. It was found in this study that what differs from scientific theories and the analysis model is expansion with other critical success factors such as preliminary studies, schedules and communication. My conclusion is that several studies suggest that it is not possible to identify any general all-important success factors (L. Ljung 2011), but case-specific as in this case where case-specific for construction projects that have been crystallized is partnering and design. The conclusion is also that success factors vary depending on the size, complexity and technical uncertainty of the project. In terms of how the projects are evaluated in practice, it is emphasized that projects are evaluated largely on the basis of a project triangle but with a modified and expanded variant according to the analysis model above, where customer satisfaction index has been added. Regarding the continuous evaluation during the course of the project, it was found in this study that functional requirements, ÄTA (Changes and additional work) and work environment plan are also monitored and evaluated. My conclusion is that the project triangle has given strong impression even in the evaluation of projects with some modification taking account of quality work.
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Kelleher, Killarney, University of Western Sydney, and Faculty of Health. "Evaluation of the Cottage Community Care Pilot Project." THESIS_FH_XXX_Kelleher_K.xml, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/743.
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The outcomes of a child protection/family support programme, the Cottage Community Care Pilot Project, were evaluated in this study. The evaluation employed a non-equivalent comparison group design of 'at risk' consenting first-time mothers in the perinatal period with babies up to 6 weeks of age. Ninety-three families were recruited and 58 of these were matched with a trained volunteer home visitor. Analysis of assessment items and questionnaires, reviews of hospital records and the Department of Community Services Child abuse and neglect notification register and focus groups with mothers and volunteers provided the information used in this study. The CCCP had an impact on particular aspects of family function, certain infant and maternal health indices and the families' use of community services, but its contribution to reducing the incidence of child abuse and neglect is less clear. Client and volunteer feedback indicated support for the programme. While home visitation by trained volunteers is not proposed as the total answer for effective child protection or family support, the findings of this evaluation suggest that there is a place for similar programmes.Master of Science (Hons)
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Pereyra, Carlos Alberto. "A project selection model for swine research evaluation." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/MQ33259.pdf.
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Kelleher, Larni. "Evaluation of the Cottage Community Care Pilot Project /." View thesis View thesis, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030519.145848/index.html.
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Thesis (M.Sc.) (Honours) -- University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, 1999.A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Honours), March, 1999. Bibliography : leaves 117-125.
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Lieswyn, John. "Probabilistic Risk Analysis in Transport Project Economic Evaluation." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Civil and Natural Resources Engineering, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7652.
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Transport infrastructure investment decision making is typically based on a range of inputs such as social, environmental and economic factors. The benefit cost ratio (BCR), a measure of economic efficiency (“value for money”) determined through cost benefit analysis (CBA), is dependent on accurate estimates of the various option costs and net social benefits such as reductions in travel time, accidents, and vehicle operating costs. However, most evaluations are deterministic procedures using point estimates for the inputs and producing point estimates for the outputs. Transport planners have primarily focused on the cost risks and treat risk through sensitivity testing. Probabilistic risk analysis techniques are available which could provide more information about the statistical confidence of the economic evaluation outputs.
This research project report investigated how risk and uncertainty are dealt with in the literature and guidelines. The treatment of uncertainty in the Nelson Arterial Traffic Study (ATS) was reviewed and an opportunity to apply risk analysis to develop probabilities of sea level rise impacting on the coastal road options was identified.
A simplified transport model and economic evaluation case study based on the ATS was developed in Excel to enable the application of @RISK Monte Carlo simulation software. The simplifications mean that the results are not comparable with the ATS.
Seven input variables and their likely distributions were defined for simulation based on the literature review. The simulation of seven variables, five worksheets, and 10,000 iterations takes about 30 seconds of computation time. The input variables in rank order of influence on the BCR were capital cost, car mode share, unit vehicle operating cost, basic employment forecast growth rate, and unit value of time cost. The deterministically derived BCR of 0.75 is associated with a 50% chance that the BCR will be less than 0.6, although this probability is partly based on some statistical parameters without an empirical basis. In practice, probability distribution fitting to appropriate datasets should be undertaken to better support probabilistic risk analysis conclusions. Probabilities for different confidence levels can be reported to suit the risk tolerance of the decision makers.
It was determined that the risk analysis approach is feasible and can produce useful outputs, given a clear understanding of the data inputs and their associated distributions.
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Topping, Keith J. "Outcome evaluation of the Kirklees Paired Reading Project." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1990. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1799/.
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The impact of services to help schools to guide and support parents (and peer tutors) in the use of the Paired Reading technique for improving children's reading was evaluated. Compared to all studies previously reported in the literature taken together, the Kirklees research yielded more than double the volume of pre-post norm referenced outcome data, double the amount of control or comparison group data and triple the amount of follow-up data. Additionally, in Kirklees baseline data were compared with pre-post data to give a time series comparison. Although outcomes on reading tests were slightly less favourable than those selectively reported in the previous literature, the research suggested that an adequate level of effectiveness was possible in a large field study incorporating many schools in one Local Education Authority, representing a significant test of the generalisability and replicability of the technique. The Kirklees study also examined the influence of a number of organisational, demographic and within-subject factors as they related to outcomes. In addition a very large volume of subjective feedback from teacher, parent and child participants was collected in a systematic way, and proved extremely positive. The research also examined the inter-relationship of the various outcome measures deployed with a view to assessing their relative reliability and validity for this purpose. As very few process data were gathered it was not possible to demonstrate what proportion of participants actually utilised the Paired Reading technique in the way they were trained. It is thus difficult to partial out to what extent the positive outcomes are due to the impact of the technique and/or the service delivery support package. However, the technique and service delivery package combined are suggested by the data to be associated with improvements in children's reading skill and attitude to reading. The study provides a number of pointers to the probable success of the Paired Reading approach but conclusive evidence on this must await the findings of properly controlled studies.
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Brandes, V. Donna. "An illuminative evaluation of an alcohol education project." Thesis, Durham University, 1985. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9357/.
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This thesis is an illuminative evaluation of the Drinking Choices Project, a health education programme based in the North East of England. The data for the evaluation was gathered by using participant observation. The instructional system, the Drinking Choices Manual, is a five-day teaching plan which includes alcohol knowledge, health education skills and an examination of the attitudes appropriate for health educators in the alcohol field. It was written by Ina Simnett, Linda Wright and Martin Evans. All of the materials are presented in a framework of participatory learning. A pyramid model was designed for the dissemination of the programme; the first people trained were Health Education Officers (HEOs) from the District Health Authorities in the northern region. Courses were run throughout the region, in the first instance for HEOs to be trained to use the Drinking Choices Manual and then, following through the pyramid, the HEOs trained other professionals who trained other colleagues who then used the Drinking Choices materials with their clients. The Introduction to this report describes the initial development and background of the project and the Health Education Council, (which is the Funding body).The thesis is in three parts, the first of which consists of reviews of the literature in the three major aspects of the project: Research Methodology Alcohol use and abuse Participatory learning methods. The second part begins with a description of the culture of the HBO so as to understand the organisational system in which the innovation took place; then the progress through the pyramid of dissemination is described, along with a detailed examination of the Manual itself and an investigation into obstacles encountered in implementing the Project. Part III examines positive aspects of the project, including a variety of outcomes and spin-offs which resulted. In Chapters VIII and IX conclusions and recommendations are presented; in Chapter X, which was written six months after the project ended, the Steps to Successful Change are outlined, followed by an epilogue, appendices, and bibliography.
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Takesue, Naoki. "Financial evaluation of refinancing of the Eurotunnel project." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/45710.
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Bagh, Dima. "Essays on oil : project evaluation and investment impact." Thesis, Brunel University, 2015. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/11063.
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This thesis contains three essays related to fixed investment and crude oil. The first essay examines the implications of building a cross-border oil infrastructure project within the context of the bargaining problem (the Nash bargaining solution, and the alternating offer bargain of Rubinstein). We examine the viability of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project, which is employed as a case study - for the multinational corporation, and the three host countries (Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Georgia) by examining the profitability of the project for each partner with two different bargaining formulations (simultaneous and sequential bargaining). The findings suggest that the project is feasible for the partners when the transit charge is greater than $3 per barrel (this is the Break-Even charge at which the project produces a zero total surplus); but for a tariff charge higher than this rate, the project generates returns for each participant greater than his outside option. Furthermore, the outcomes show how with bargaining over discounted flows, each bargaining scenario results in a different total surplus. Thus, the participants’ discount rates, their bargaining orders, and their outside options are the determinants of the gross payoffs they receive over the life of the project. The second essay examines the effect of oil abundance on domestic investment in 22 oil-exporting non-OECD countries over the period 1996-2010. Employing static and dynamic panel estimators, the oil impact is investigated in light of other investment determinants which reflect government policies including output growth, inflation, the exchange rate, and financial and openness factors. Estimation results indicate that oil abundance exerts an adverse effect on gross domestic investment in these countries, implying the necessity of improving institutional quality and oil management polices to better exploit oil revenues and direct them towards enhancing domestic investment, thereby sustained economic growth in these countries. The third essay examines the effect of the oil price and oil price volatility on domestic fixed investment in a group of oil-importing OECD countries from 1970 to 2012 within the framework of the production function. Estimation results indicate that there is a long run relationship running from oil prices and the other control variables (output, trade, inflation, and the exchange rate) to investment where the long run coefficient on the oil price is negative and significant, but the short run coefficient on oil prices is insignificant. Thus, the outcomes of this study indicate that high oil prices are contributing to investment decline, which affirms the importance of adopting long run energy policies that might lessen investment reliance on non-renewable energy sources.
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Schwartz, Kerry, and Holly Thomas-Hilburn. "Arizona Project WET Water Festivals: A Summative Evaluation." College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/156933.
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13 pp.The Make a Splash with Project WET Arizona Water Festival program is in its ninth year and served 12 communities in the 2008-2009 school year. The program trained 622 volunteers to deliver engaging water education to 6,924 fourth graders and their 313 teachers. With the support of the Bureau of Reclamation, Arizona Project WET has conducted a summative evaluation, and is able to use that information to further increase the effectiveness of the program while simultaneously documenting successes in student learning and community engagement in water education.
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Whittaker, Sarah. "Program Evaluation of Project Team and Project Prep, Preservice Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Training Programs." TopSCHOLAR®, 1998. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/325.
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A survey of graduates who participated in Project TEAM (School Psychology, Social Work, and Speech/Language Pathology) and Project PREP (Interdisciplinary Early Childhood Education) is presented. Graduates completed coursework, seminars and practica that emphasized knowledge and skills related to working with children in the birth through 5 age group and their families. The survey determined in which competencies graduates indicated they were best and least prepared by the program and which competencies were most and least applicable to their present careers. The survey also determined what teaming models the graduates are currently using and would prefer to use in their careers. Results indicated a general trend towards the interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary teaming models as those that graduates would prefer to use. The survey also looked at the process of the programs (i.e., participating in seminars with various disciplines, participating in the practica as a team, taking courses with other disciplines, etc.) to determine whether or not participants benefited from the program's overall organization. Results indicated that graduates agreed with the program process.
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Hu, Sheng. "An investigation of project stakeholders' expectations and their influences in project delivery and evaluation." Thesis, University of Northampton, 2015. http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/8861/.
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This study examined project stakeholders‘ expectations of a funded enterprise coaching project designed to alleviate symptoms of deprivation in Corby. A mixed method approach of Q study and semi-structured interviews was used to reveal the expectations, behaviours and evaluation of four main groups of stakeholders - the project clients (13); the project delivery team (6); Corby Borough Council (3); and the project funder (1) - a total of 23 participants. Results of the Q study analysis revealed three factors, indicating that stakeholders have different expectations about the project. The semi-structured interviews demonstrated that although stakeholders tried to promote their expectations, their influences were significantly limited by their power to influence decision making. Apart from the dominant project funder, there was no rigorous connection between stakeholders‘ expectations and the project evaluation criteria (time, cost and quality). Triangulated results led to the development of a unique model that incorporates broader stakeholder expectations and promotes distributed power and communication in the decision making process. This model further assists in drawing attention to emerging conflicts and problems as a constant process is developed for future project management.
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Welfolo, Thembani. "Evaluation of core competencies required by project managers to effectively execute a construction project." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2873.
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Thesis (MTech (Business Administration in Project Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2019.Construction projects are deemed to be complex due to the uncertainties in-volved in such projects. The project management literature has outlined chal-lenges that are found in construction projects. It points out that major challenges and problems found in construction projects include cost and schedule overruns. To achieve construction project success a project has to be completed within cost, time and quality standards or performance. To attain success has always been difficult due to the lack of skills and competencies required by construction project managers. A project manager that has the desired competencies to effectively manage cost, time and quality standards in construction projects is needed. Poor management of construction projects is not only in South Africa but it’s a global challenge. Through the combination of qualitative and quantitative research method (also known a mixed method) this study evaluates project manager’s competencies with the objectives of determining the appropriate competencies that could assist a project manager to excellently execute construction projects. This thesis points out that for an effective project manager to successfully manage construction projects requires to have high strength on leadership competency to provide pro-ject leadership, communication competency to direct a way forward in a project and problem solving competency to provide feasible solutions. Provision of project leadership refers to a project manager upholding effective working relationships with colleagues, influencing others to work without being pressurised and provision of vision for the team to know their direction. Direct a way forward in a project refers to a project manager effectively communicating project objectives, speaking to encourage team members to perform tasks effi-ciently and listen actively. Provision of feasible solutions refers to a project man-ager having an ability to identify a problem, seeking best solutions when dealing with problems and exhibiting creativity in problem solving.
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Krause, Wesley Allen. "An evaluation methodology using probation classification instruments in the selection of a nonequivalent control group." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1989. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/436.
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Gutiérrez, Ernesto. "Evaluation and selection of ideas and projects in product development." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Integrerad produktutveckling, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-102388.
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Product development has become an important competitive factor for most companies. A central task is to select which projects, often from a large number of project proposals, are to be developed in order to achieve strategic objectives without exceeding available resources. Project Portfolio Management (PPM) is the research discipline which focuses on the decision-making processes used to evaluate, select and prioritise projects. Previous research has stated that companies must be able to select and commit resources to different types of ideas and projects. However, it is widely believed that PPM literature has not sufficiently investigated the challenges that companies might face when putting into practice different decision-making approaches to select different types of ideas and projects. This thesis aims to explore how different types of ideas and projects are evaluated and selected in the context of the development of complex technological products. It is based on a qualitative research approach and interviews and observations have been carried out with the cooperation of six companies. The findings of this thesis reveal that because different decision-making approaches encounter different levels of acceptance within an organisation, the dynamics by which an idea evolves are affected by the way in which decision makers deal with the legitimacy of the decision-making approaches that they put into practice. Decision makers use some mechanisms that allow them to avoid drawing exclusively on the highly accepted approaches when they are not considered to be suitable, and to give legitimacy to the decisions that have been made by the less accepted approaches. In addition, the way in which decision makers experience a decision situation influences how it is approached. If they experience ambiguity, they might display a decision-making logic in which actions are allowed to be taken within self-organised social interactions, in order to make sense of the idea, project or criteria. However, the occurrence of self-organised interactions is conditioned by how decision makers negotiate resources with stakeholders that display different interests and decision-making logics. These findings question the objective view that assumes that ideas and projects are already defined at the moment the decision is made and are able to be classified in pre-defined categories. It also led to the question of whether problems in fulfilling resource allocation plans and the risk of biases in decision making are problems that arise due to poor decision-making practices, and whether they should, instead, be understood as probable consequences of a flexible process. Finally, this thesis explores a way of enhancing decision makers’ abilities through scenarios in which decision makers experience decision situations and reflect on their own ways of making decisions.QC 20120918
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Leask, Marilyn. "Teachers as evaluators : a grounded approach to project evaluation." Thesis, University of East Anglia, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10547/135311.
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The aim of the research is to establish the potentIal of au approach to formative evaluation which utilizes and develops the skills of teachers. This 'teacher evaluator' approach depends on teachers planning, directing, controlling and carrying out evaluations. A detailed case study of the practice as it developed in one LEA over a three year period was undertaken. The research contributes to the debate about educational evaluation practice in five areas: It advances theory of educational particular reference to the UK. -It identifies an approach which enhances the professionalism of teachers. -Through the publication of a detailed case study it promotes the development of theory from the reality of practice. -It provides the ground work for forging new links between professional educational evaluators and the teaching profession. -It defines an approach to evaluation which has the potential to provide timely, relevant, and effective, formative evaluation. The teacher evaluator approach to evaluation can be seen as a natural extension of the developing research tradition in the UK which was stimulated by the work of Stenhouse. In the UK, partvcularly since Stenhouse published hiS seminal work in 1975, there have been a number of developments in educational evaluation practices particularly in the area of qualitative evaluation through action-research and school self-evaluation. It is the contention of this thesis that the teacher-evaluator approach fills a gap in this developing teacher-researcher tradition - that of LEA-wide project evaluation by teachers. Through careful examination of the evidence collected, the significance of thls development in the teacher~based research tradition, was analysed and subsequently confirmed. An approach such as this, which hands over the power of evaluation to teachers, is especially relevant in the light of current demands for accountability in education. However, the success and effectiveness of the approach was found to be affected by a variety of issues. These issues are covered in detail in the text and relate to three key areas: the framework established for the evaluation which depends on the local context; the role and responsibilities of the teacher-evaluators; the methodology and practices adopted. It is conSidered that this approach prOVides the framework for a new model of educational evaluation which combines the strengths of professional external evaluation with the knowledge and expertise of teachers, and which provides long term benefits for the LEA. ThiS case study is presented as a contribution to the development of an educational research tradition which Stenhouse identifies as essential to the improvement of education. Publication of this research may further stimulate work in thiS area and thus contribute to the advancement of theories relating to teacher-led evaluation.
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Bleakley, Donna Law. "Evaluation of victim's awareness program for juveniles." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1993. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/675.
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Lowe, R. Steve. "Mentoring with youthful offenders: An implementation evaluation." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1994. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/870.
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