Application of project management tools to assist in the process of developing emergency exercises

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dc.contributor.authorSwami, Anilen
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:28:00Zen
dc.date.adate2009-01-31en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:28:00Zen
dc.date.issued1993en
dc.date.rdate2009-01-31en
dc.date.sdate2009-01-31en
dc.description.abstractAn emergency exercise is an important part of emergency management and helps prepare and test the emergency management system to face an emergency. Emergencies tested include those caused by earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, and technological accidents--nuclear and chemical. This research focuses on emergency exercises for accidents at nuclear facilities. The aim of this research is to identify which project management tools emergency exercise development managers can use to assist them in developing emergency exercises. The project management tools selected were the stakeholder analysis, work breakdown structure, responsibility matrix, activity/ milestone list, progress diagram, Gantt chart, and activity network. A group of experts in emergency exercise development acted as a source of information on how project management tools could be used in emergency exercise development. This group of experts were given a hands-on workshop on using the seven project management tools. The experts developed an emergency exercise shortly after the workshop. These experts were asked for their opinions on how they could have used the tools to assist them in developing the exercise. The experts' opinions were gathered using open-ended and structured interviews. The interview data on analysis, revealed that of the seven project management tools, experts felt most comfortable with the stakeholder analysis, work breakdown structure, responsibility matrix, and activity/milestone chart. Analysis also revealed that further training was required before the group of experts felt comfortable with the project management tools. Hypotheses on the relationship between the group developing exercises and usage of project management tools are made. Exercise developers' suggestions on usage of project management tools are also provided.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentix, 153 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01312009-063120en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01312009-063120/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40830en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1993.S986.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 30609209en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1993.S986en
dc.subject.lcshEmergency managementen
dc.subject.lcshProject managementen
dc.titleApplication of project management tools to assist in the process of developing emergency exercisesen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial and Systems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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