Option-based Adaptive Planning of Product Design Project and its Multi-objective Optimization

本文提出了一种新的项目规划方法，以设计产品的潜在产品性能和对项目失败风险的适应性达到帕累托最优为目标。针对基于期权的项目管理的风险评估，引入了任务期权模型。由于其规划包含许多不同的设计变量和不同的评价指标，为了在合理的计算成本下解决这一复杂的问题，本研究将优化问题分为两个阶段，即(i)定义流程体系结构和组织结构，（ii）将资源分配到活动的调度。本文介绍了该方法在一个学生配方设计项目中的应用。提出的优化方法有助于项目经理探索各种过程计划并评估其风险。

This research proposes a new project planning method that aims at a Pareto-optimal of the potential product performance of designed product and adaptability for project failure risk. A task option model is introduced for risk assessment of option-based project management. As its planning includes a number of various design variables and various evaluation indices, in order to solve such a complicated problem with a reasonable computation cost, this research separates the optimization problem into two phases, i.e., (i) defining of process architecture and organization structure and (ii) scheduling of resource allocation into activities. This paper demonstrates its application to a student formula design project. A proposed optimization method facilitates a project manager to explore various process plans with assessing their risks.