| Introduction to Project Management |
Decision Support Systems
In addition to the CPM, GANTT, NETDRAW, and PM procedures,
which are the major
tools for the traditional functions associated with project management,
SAS/OR software has several procedures that can be used to
create a many-faceted Decision Support System. Traditional CPM/PERT
techniques form only one part of effective project management and
may be considered as a specialized application of Decision Support
Systems (Williams and Boyd 1990). SAS/OR software contains several
mathematical programming procedures that can be used to design
effective systems for solving inventory control, transportation,
network flow, transshipment, product-mix, cutting stock problems,
and so on. These procedures are discussed in detail in the
SAS/OR User's Guide: Mathematical Programming.
Decision analysis is another important tool that is receiving
recognition as a component of project management. The
next section briefly describes PROC DTREE and the role it can
play in making important decisions in project management.
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