http://hdl.handle.net/10149/64756 Mon, 20 May 2013 22:31:00 GMT 2013-05-20T22:31:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10149/270573 Title: BIM and 4D planning: a holistic study of the barriers and drivers to widespread adoption Authors: Kassem, M. (Mohamad); Brogden, T. (Trevor); Dawood, N. (Nashwan) Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10149/270573 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10149/262713 Title: Synthesis and characterization of PMMA-cellulose nanocomposites by in situ polymerization technique Authors: Sain, S. (Sunanda); Ray, D. (Dipa); Mukhopadhyay, A. (Anirudhha); Sengupta, S. (Suparna); Kar, T. (Tanusree); Ennis, C. J. (Chris); Rahman, P. K. S. M. (Pattanathu) Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10149/262713 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10149/252057 Title: Enterprise modelling: a methodology and case study of the definition of requirements for an IT tool for business integration Authors: Al-Bazi, A. F. J. (Ammar); Kassem, M. (Mohamad); Dawood, N. N. (Nashwan) Abstract: Enterprise Modelling has emerged in an attempt to take a more holistic view of organisations and today it is widely used to describe all activities of modelling any pertinent aspect of an organisation’s structure and operation in order to improve or reposition selected parts of the organisation. This paper first after proposing guidelines for the selection of the right modelling method, it presents an Enterprise Modelling structured methodology based on the combined use of the IDEF0 modelling technique and the Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) and a case study for modelling the entire operation of a British organisation and defining the requirement for a collaborative working software. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10149/252057 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/10149/252056 Title: Developing a risk management approach for portfolio cost control Authors: Al-Sulaiti, A. (Ahmed); Dawood, N. N. (Nashwan); Kassem, M. (Mohamad) Abstract: The assessment and prediction of the impact of risks on the financial performance of portfolios is a very challenging task, and many portfolios in Qatar and worldwide are still suffering from cost overruns. This aspect is undeveloped in the body of literature on portfolio risk management, and very few studies have addressed this need. Therefore, organisations and portfolio managers are still looking for tools and techniques which enable them to incorporate the financial impacts of risks during the estimation of the cost and contract price of their portfolios. In this paper, a risk management-based methodology for the prediction of the cost and the financial performance of portfolios is presented and tested on real case studies based at Qatar Gas. The methodology is based on calculating the combined effect of multiple risks on the different work packages composing part the portfolio project, while considering the probabilistic occurrence of each risk. The methodology was tested on four projects in Qatar Gas and proved to be able to predict the effect of the identified risks on financial performance related to each portfolio. It also helped to prioritize the risks and identify the risks that most affected the financial performance of the portfolio and, thus, provide valuable information for particular stages of response planning. One of the limitations of the proposed methodology is that it calculates the impact of risks on the financial performance of a portfolio at a specific date, where risk impacts have a defined probabilistic distribution. However, the dynamic nature of risk attributes could be reflected by changing the values of those attributes in the risk management model of the portfolio every time the risk register is updated. Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10149/252056 2012-10-19T00:00:00Z