HOW COMPUTERIZED SCHEDULING ANSWERS "WHAT IF...?"
Computerized project scheduling is seen as the only way to provide answers to "what-if" questions--those that arise when small variations create large changes. For example, a common problem in construction occurs when prefabricated materials arrive at the jobsite that are close to, but not quite consistent with, the specifications. Does the project manager re-order the materials, delaying the project? Or does he rework them in the field or redraw the original plans? Updating constantly changing schedules and asking "what-if" questions can be achieved effectively through the extensive features in today's microcomputer project-scheduling software. This article discusses a successful project-scheduling program at Jensen Construction Company, a Des Moines, Iowa-based bridge and highway contractor. Jensen is supplementing its Primavera central scheduling system with updates from the field via the Microsoft system.
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Corporate Authors:
Cahners Publishing Company
275 Washington Street
Newton, MA United States 02158-1630 -
Authors:
- Fusco, J C
- Publication Date: 1988-10
Media Info
- Features: Figures; Photos;
- Pagination: p. 54-55
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Serial:
- Highways and Heavy Construction
- Volume: 131
- Issue Number: 10
- Publisher: Cahners Publishing Company
- ISSN: 0362-0506
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Construction scheduling; Cost effectiveness; Measures of effectiveness; Microcomputers; Software
- Uncontrolled Terms: Effectiveness
- Subject Areas: Construction; Highways; I50: Construction and Supervision of Construction;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00476853
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM