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Process planning methodology: dynamic short-term planning for off-site construction in Slovenia

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  • Milan Radosavljevic
  • Malcolm Horner

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Planning is a vital element of project management but it is still not recognized as a process variable. Its objective should be to outperform the initially defined processes, and foresee and overcome possible undesirable events. Detailed task-level master planning is unrealistic since one cannot accurately predict all the requirements and obstacles before work has even started. The process planning methodology (PPM) has thus been developed in order to overcome common problems of the overwhelming project complexity. The essential elements of the PPM are the process planning group (PPG), including a control team that dynamically links the production/site and management, and the planning algorithm embodied within two continuous-improvement loops. The methodology was tested on a factory project in Slovenia and in four successive projects of a similar nature. In addition to a number of improvement ideas and enhanced communication, the applied PPM resulted in 32% higher total productivity, 6% total savings and created a synergistic project environment.

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  • Milan Radosavljevic & Malcolm Horner, 2007. "Process planning methodology: dynamic short-term planning for off-site construction in Slovenia," Construction Management and Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 143-156.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:conmgt:v:25:y:2007:i:2:p:143-156
    DOI: 10.1080/01446190601026494
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    1. David Leicht & Daniel Castro-Fresno & Joaquìn Dìaz & Christian Baier, 2020. "Multidimensional Construction Planning and Agile Organized Project Execution—The 5D-PROMPT Method," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(16), pages 1-22, August.

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