A Multidisciplinary Framework for Robust Planning and Decision-Making in Dynamically Changing Engineering Construction Projects

A Mockup Stochastic Program to Study the Impact of Design Uncertainty on ETO Shipbuilding Planning

“…A practical interpretation of this is concurrent engineering enabled by decomposing tasks into subtasks /modules that can be performed in different sequences. Concurrent engineering with overlapping activities that do not always follow the logic of sequential orders is highlighted by [1] and [8] as one important way to reduce completion times within the case context.…”

“…between sales and engineering), resulting in 'reduced' randomness and reduced value of flexibility. Many solutions ignore, as such, important characteristics of the true planning problem, and lack the necessary flexibility [8]. As practitioners increasingly recognize the shortcomings, model-based decision aids are often replaced by judgmental processes [8] that automatically open up for behavioral challenges.…”

“…Many solutions ignore, as such, important characteristics of the true planning problem, and lack the necessary flexibility [8]. As practitioners increasingly recognize the shortcomings, model-based decision aids are often replaced by judgmental processes [8] that automatically open up for behavioral challenges. Judgmental decision processes are suggested to work -in an ad-hoc manner though -in project organizations built on trust and experience [8].…”

“…As practitioners increasingly recognize the shortcomings, model-based decision aids are often replaced by judgmental processes [8] that automatically open up for behavioral challenges. Judgmental decision processes are suggested to work -in an ad-hoc manner though -in project organizations built on trust and experience [8]. Dealing with the described complexity judgmentally is, however, not less complex; e.g.…”

“…Decision-making trends in project management and advances in scheduling techniques are presented in [6]; emphasizing the need for analytical approaches and risk handling competences to rapidly adapt changes. Best practice and shortcomings in different research streams on robust planning and decision-making in engineering construction projects are discussed in [8]. Scheduling methods like the critical path method algorithm CPM [5], balancing time and cost while resource-oriented, and the rather similar PERT, with the main difference on stochastic activity durations, have been in focus from the late fifties.…”