Theory based production and project management


Autoria(s): Koskela, Lauri; Henrich, Guilherme; Owen, Robert; Vrijhoef, Ruben
Contribuinte(s)

Aouad, Ghassan

Kagioglou, Mike

Harris, Kathryn

de Ridder, Hennes

Vrijhoef, Ruben

van den Broek, Conny

Data(s)

2006

Resumo

This paper gives an overview of an ongoing project endeavouring to advance theory-based production and project management, and the rationale for this approach is briefly justified. The status of the theoretical foundation of production management, project management and allied disciplines is discussed, with emphasis on metaphysical grounding of theories, as well as the nature of the heuristic solution method commonly used in these disciplines. Then, on-going work related to different aspects of production and project management is reviewed from both theoretical and practical orientation. Next, information systems agile project management is explored with a view to its re-use in generic project management. In production management, the consequences and implementation of a new, wider theoretical basis are analyzed. The theoretical implications and negative symptoms of the peculiarities of the construction industry for supply chains and supply chain management in construction are observed. Theoretical paths for improvements of inter-organisational relationships in construction which are fundamental for improvement of construction supply chains are described. To conclude, the observations made in this paper vis-à-vis production, project and supply chain management are related again to the theoretical basis of this paper, and finally directions for theory development and future research are given and discussed.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/71060/

Publicador

The University of Salford

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/71060/1/CIB_DC10171.pdf

http://www.irbnet.de/daten/iconda/CIB_DC10171.pdf

Koskela, Lauri, Henrich, Guilherme, Owen, Robert, & Vrijhoef, Ruben (2006) Theory based production and project management. In Aouad, Ghassan, Kagioglou, Mike, Harris, Kathryn, de Ridder, Hennes, Vrijhoef, Ruben, & van den Broek, Conny (Eds.) Proceedings of the 3rd International SCRI Symposium on April 2006 in Delft, The Netherlands. The University of Salford, Salford, UK.

Direitos

Copyright 2006 [please consult the author]

Fonte

School of Civil Engineering & Built Environment; Institute for Future Environments; Science & Engineering Faculty

Tipo

Book Chapter