PROJECT PLANNING AND SCHEDULING: UNIFIED APPROACH

ESSENTIAL LOGICAL DETAILS ARE EXPLAINED FOR A PROCEDURE THAT INTEGRATES TWO IMPORTANT NETWORK-BASED PROJECT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES: (1) RESOURCE ALLOCATION; AND (2) TIME-COST TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS. IN THE RESEARCH PROJECT UPON WHICH THE PAPER IS BASED, THESE TECHNIQUES WERE ALSO INTEGRATED WITH BASIC CRITICAL PATH NETWORKING, RESOURCE LEVELING, AND CASH FLOW ANALYSIS. ALL WERE DEVELOPED IN THE CONTEXT OF AN INTERACTIVE MAN-COMPUTER SYSTEM. THE PROEDURE RETAINS PROPERTIES OF NETWORKS ANALOGOUS TO THE "CRITICAL PATH" AND "FLOAT" WHILE OPERATING WITHIN RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS. A NEW "INTERVAL APPROACH" TO TIME-COST TRADE-OFF ANALYSIS ALSO OVERCOMES MANY THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF EARLIER OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES. HUMAN INPUT FORMS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SYSTEM AS A SOURCE OF MANAGEMENT INSIGHT, JUDGEMENT, INTUITION, QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS, AND PRACTICAL EVALUATION. A STEP-BY-STEP EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATES THE BASIC CONCEPTS. /ASCE/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PROC PAPER 9830
• Authors:
  • Paulson, B C
• Publication Date: 1973-7

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 45-58
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Construction Division
  • Volume: 99 N
  • Issue Number: n01

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Construction; Costs; Information processing; Management; Programming (Planning); Resource allocation; Scheduling; Time
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Construction; Finance; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215674
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 16 1974 12:00AM