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Emerging Tools in Project Planning

The document discusses emerging trends and tools in project planning, including location based management systems, 4D scheduling using building information modeling, design structure matrix, discrete event simulation, critical chain project management, and lean construction. It provides details on each tool, such as how location based planning focuses on physical locations and production efficiency, how design structure matrix can be used to represent information dependencies and form project teams, and how discrete event simulation and critical chain project management address resource management and buffers.

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Emerging Tools in Project Planning

The document discusses emerging trends and tools in project planning, including location based management systems, 4D scheduling using building information modeling, design structure matrix, discrete event simulation, critical chain project management, and lean construction. It provides details on each tool, such as how location based planning focuses on physical locations and production efficiency, how design structure matrix can be used to represent information dependencies and form project teams, and how discrete event simulation and critical chain project management address resource management and buffers.

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Project Planning & Control

Emerging Trends/Tools in Project Planning

[Link]. Albert Eddy Husin, M.T.

Construction Management
Department of Civil Engineering
Emerging Trends/Tools in Project Planning

• Location Based Management Systems (LBMS)


• 4D – Scheduling with BIM
• Design Structure Matrix (DSM)
• Discrete Event Simulation
• Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
• Lean Construction
LOCATION BASED PLANNING
• Most Construction Planning approaches don’t explicitly model
construction path.

• Work Location is an important resource

• Tools for Location Based Management System (LBMS) are


available today

• Basic Concept is similar to the well known Linear Scheduling


Method (LSM) – But application today is broader.
LOCATION PLANNING CURRENT PRACTICE

Select location of planned work


DAY 1
Location Based Planning
Location Based Planning
Location Based Planning
Location Based Scheduling Vs. CPM
• Location provides the container for all project data and is used as
the primary work division through a LBS. In addition to the more
familiar Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). 1

• CPM scheduling emphasizes 2


– The project duration and the critical path to achieve the set
duration.

• LBS emphasizes 2
– Physical “locations” to plan, analyze and control workflow.
– LBS focuses on production efficiency as resources move
through locations.

1 Kenley and Seppänen, 2009


2 Lowe et al., 2007
4D – Scheduling – Using CAD/BIM
4D SCHEDULE

[Link]
Design/Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM)
To Represent the information dependencies:
A two-dimensional matrix representation of the structural or functional
interrelationships of objects, tasks or teams.

Gives information to
Gets information from

Advantages
Represent and
Captures information cycles Compactness

Easy to Read
Partitioning
Rearranging the rows and columns
a)To remove the feed back marks from the matrix
b)To move the feed back marks as close as to the diagonal

A B C D E B E A C D
A B X
B X E X
C X A
D X X C X
E X D X X
Original matrix Partitioned matrix
Clustering
Grouping the off diagonal elements by reordering the rows and columns
(Browning 2001)
•Maximize the iterations between the elements within the cluster and minimize the
iteration between the clusters.
•Allow some overlapping of clusters

Original DSM Re sequenced DSM


Teams formed after DSM
analysis.
Team 1 consists of 2 3 4 7 ; Team 2 consists of 1 5 6
Design Team formation – Network
Representation
D3

Team 1
D D3
D2 1
D1
D2
D7

D7

D4 D5
D4 D5
Team 2

D6 D6

Before DSM analysis After DSM Analysis


Refer to [Link] for more information
Simulation
• Discrete Event Simulation in Construction
• Active research area since 1970’s
• Industry applications since 2000’s
Refer: AbouRizk, S., Halpin, D., Mohamed, Y., and Hermann, U. (2011). ”Research in Modeling and Simulation
for Improving Construction Engineering Operations.” J. Constr. Eng. Manage. 137, SPECIAL ISSUE:
Construction Engineering: Opportunity and Vision for Education, Practice, and Research, 843–852.
Critical Chain Project Management
• Eliyahu M. Goldratt's book, Critical Chain.
Theory of Constraints

• Addresses Several practical issues in


Project situations

• Focus on resources and creating/managing


buffers.

• Software tools are available today for


implementing concepts
Lean Project Delivery
• Adaptation of Toyota Production System concepts to construction

• A key concept is to identify and eliminate waste to improve


productivity -> cost & time performance  system level
approach

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