Research

 

Prof. Browning's research addresses the management of complex engineering projects, programs, and enterprises.

 

Research interests and areas of expertise include:

Process Engineering

Product development processes

Systems engineering processes

Process modeling and analysis

Process improvement

Design structure matrix (DSM)

Project and Program Management

Project architecting

Project planning and control

Risk management

Cost and duration estimation and optimization

Technical performance management

Resource management

Business Operations

Enterprise engineering

Enterprise control systems

Measures and metrics; leading indicators

Balancing value to stakeholders

Lean and Six Sigma techniques

 

Current research projects include:

  • Modeling adaptive processes and guiding process emergence; viewing projects as complex adaptive systems

  • Exploring the architecture of projects

  • Integrated modeling of cost, schedule, technical performance risk, and value in projects

  • Risk and opportunity management in projects

  • Performance of heuristic priority rules in resource-constrained multi-project scheduling problems (RCMPSPs)

  • Optimizing project cost and duration using genetic algorithms

  • Design for adaptability (DFA) in products and other systems

  • Evolution of software product architectures

  • Choosing appropriate project goals to balance risk and opportunity

 

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