Proactive Project Management as a Discrete Event System

Abstract

To meet a challenge of constructing future cities through digital transformation projects cities themselves must act proactively. In this paper, a methodology of synthesizing the project management system for developing an impact on its time characteristics (duration parameters) is proposed in order to meet the planned schedule execution of the project. A discrete event model was developed to increase the operability and effectiveness of project management, enabling to describe in details the actions required for project execution. After replacing the continuous variable, a discrete (grid) function is defined at discrete moments. Project management contribution, based on this discrete event model, is to minimize the target criterion. The last one is determined by the sum of the difference between the deviation between the actual and the expected time of the initial event. The discrete measurement of vector coordinates provides the priority template for solving project management objectives in a turbulent environment. To make the model as the efficient one, the sequential steps of reaching the goal are minimizing. This procedure enables to reduce the cost of organizational resources, which is required to perform the planned work through project actions.