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John Bowers
Researcher at University of Stirling
Publications - 41
Citations - 1566
John Bowers is an academic researcher from University of Stirling. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Project management. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 41 publications receiving 1401 citations.
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The role of system dynamics in project management
Alexandre Rodrigues,John Bowers +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compare the characteristics of the two approaches and provide an overview of various areas of application of system dynamics in project management, highlighting the distinctive contribution that system dynamics can make to project management.
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Developing a value-centred proposal for assessing project success
TL;DR: In this article, a value-centred approach to measuring project success is proposed, which adopts a product-based project definition and a corresponding project lifecycle model, and defines the concepts of the net project execution cost (NPEC) and the net product operation value (NPOV).
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Integrating risk management in the innovation project
John Bowers,Alireza Khorakian +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a theoretical framework is proposed which combines the generic innovation process with project risk management, and the framework was used to analyse the current attitudes to managing innovation risk in a series of companies.
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System dynamics in project management: a comparative analysis with traditional methods
Alexandre Rodrigues,John Bowers +1 more
TL;DR: If system dynamics models are to play a core role in the future developments of project management, it is important to understand their distinctive contribution to the current body of knowledge and their place in a future methodology.
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Managing uncertainty in orthopaedic trauma theatres
John Bowers,Gillian Mould +1 more
TL;DR: The simulation was developed to examine a policy of including planned, elective patients within the trauma session: it appears that if patients are willing to accept a possibility of their treatment being cancelled, substantially greater throughputs can be achieved.