During project execution, the status of the project is periodically evaluated, using traditional methods or standard practices. However, these traditional methods or standard practices may not adequately identify certain issues, such as lack of sufficient identification of warning signs that predict potential project failure. Current methods may lack the ability to provide real time indications of emerging problems that impact project outcomes in a timely manner. To address this problem, the Construction Industry Institute (CII) formed a research team to develop a new tool that can forecast the potential risk of not meeting specific project outcomes based on assessing leading indicators. Thus, the leading indicators were identified and then the new tool was developed and validated. A screening process was conducted through industry surveys after identifying potential leading indicators. Each time, industry professionals were asked to evaluate the negative impact of leading indicators on project outcomes that were identified to measure the impact of leading indicators on project health. Through this process, forty-three leading indicators were acquired finally. Using descriptive statistics, the amount of negative impact of each leading indicator on project outcomes was identified after the analysis of the survey results. Based on these impacts, the tool development was initiated. The tool concept is that no indication of problems based on assessing leading indicators results in the tool output score high. To comply with this concept, specific weights were assigned to each leading indicator to reflect the impact on each project outcome. By this procedure, the Project Health Indicator (PHI) tool was developed. The validation process of the PHI tool was conducted using completed projects and finally negative correlation was observed between project outcomes and health scores generated by the PHI tool.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Kent State University, 2008. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Oct. 29, 2009). Advisor: Alam Pervaiz. Keywords: Off-Balance-Sheet Pension Liability, Earnings Quality, Cost of Capital, and Analysts' Forecasts. Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-243).

Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2009. / Thesis Advisor: Kress, Moshe. Second Reader: Johnson, Rachel. "December 2009." Description based on title screen as viewed on February 1, 2010. Author(s) subject terms: Bayesian updating model, Atmospheric Threat and Dispersion model, estimation of location and time of a chemical attack, sensor placement. Includes bibliographical references (p. 99). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2002. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 192 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-169).

Thesis (M.S.)--Naval Postgraduate School, 2002. / Thesis advisor(s): Kenneth L. Davidson, John McCarthy. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-62). Also available online.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [71]-74). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2003. / Advisor: Dr. Peter Easton, Florida State University, College of Education, Dept. Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Mar. 02, 2003). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [71]-74). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--West Virginia University, 2004. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 117 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-117).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2003. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-46).