Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 2021, 11(2), 127-138
Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Project Management Decision-Making Tools
1Graduate Research Assistant,
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at
Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504 USA, E-mail: remil.aguda1@louisiana.edu
2Quality Coordinator, CEMEX USA, New Braunfels, TX, 78132
USA, E-mail: sam.bonilladiaz@gmail.com
3Professor of Practice, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, 70504 USA, E-mail:
jalel@louisiana.edu (corresponding author).
4Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Technology,
The Energy Institute of Louisiana, University of Louisiana at Lafayette,
Lafayette, LA, 70504 USA, E-mail: erevellame@louisiana.edu
(corresponding author).
Project Management
Received June 6, 2020; revised August 22, 2020; accepted August 23, 2020
Available online October 5, 2020
Abstract: Including sustainability criteria for making decisions in project management poses challenges in the areas of bioenergy, biotherapeutics, and biomaterials. This is mainly due to chemical heterogeneity of bio-based materials, techno-economic feasibility, and triple constraint of time, cost, and product quality. However, bio-based technologies create opportunities as sustainable processes because they involve upvaluation of locally available renewable and biodegradable materials. This work was conducted to identify challenges and opportunities in incorporating project management tools in bioproduct development with the goal of integrating measurable sustainability criteria scores in decision-making. The scores or metrics from these tools can be used by project managers for decision-making in engineering process scale-up, evaluation of social impact, and commercialization of processing technologies.
Keywords: Triple constraint, bioenergy, biotherapeutics, biomaterials, techno-economic analysis, life cycle analysis, multi-criteria decision analysis.
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Citation: Aguda, R., Bonilla, S., Hmida, J. B., and Revellame, E. D. (2021). Challenges and Opportunities in Developing Project Management Decision-Making Tools. Journal of Engineering, Project, and Production Management, 11(2), 127-138.
DOI:
10.2478/jeppm-2021-0013
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