Best Practices for Integrating the Concurrent Engineering Environment into Multipartner Project Management

Karlsson, Mary; Lakka, Antti; Sulankivi, Kristiina; Hanna, Awad S.; Thompson, Benjamin P.

doi:10.1061/(asce)0733-9364(2008)134:4(289)

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“…Six papers were devoted to this area. These studies mainly employed Delphi to evaluate the effectiveness and outcomes of innovative technologies and systems (Karlsson et al 2008; Cooke et al 2008; Dawood and Sikka 2009; Dawood 2010;Lin et al 2011).Four papers on cost and schedule were identified (Chau 1995;Shaheen et al 2007;Pivo 2008;. These studies mainly used Delphi as forecasting and evaluation tools.…”

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Application of Delphi Method in Construction Engineering and Management Research: A Quantitative Perspective

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Shan

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Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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Abstract. The Delphi method has been used as a main research method by a growing number of researchers in the Construction Engineering and Management (CEM) field in the past two decades. Although a number of studies are available on the use of Delphi, few researchers fully examine the potential of the Delphi method in the combined use of statistical techniques, which is an inevitable trend for future Delphi research. This paper aims to review the combined use of Delphi and other quantitative methods in the CEM field based on a structured literature review of 88 relevant papers. All of the 88 papers are systematically identified from ten well-known peer-reviewed CEM journals published in the period of 1990-2012. Topic coverage, application requirements, and statistical techniques in the 88 Delphi papers are reviewed. The mix use of the Delphi method with three advanced modelling methods, such as Fuzzy Sets, Analytical Hierarchy Process, and Analytical Network Process is also examined. These review results provide practical references for researchers having interests in applying Delphi method in CEM research.Keywords: Delphi method; Construction engineering and management research; Quantitative perspective; Review IntroductionThe Delphi method is a structured communication and consensus building approach amongst a group of experts on a complex problem (Chan et al. 2001). This method refers to an iterative process where consensus is often reached through rounds of feedbacks of experts' opinion and judgment on a particular subject (Hallowell and Gambatese 2010b). Although sometimes the reliability of the findings derived from a Delphi study may raise some controversy because of the inappropriate design and execution of the Delphi study, such as shortcomings of the survey instrument, poor choice of experts, weak bias control, unreliable analyses, and limited feedback during the study (Gupta and Clarke 1996;Keeney et al. 2001), the Delphi method remains a particularly useful alternative for the situation when objective data are unattainable, there is a lack of empirical evidence, or experimental research is unrealistic or unethical (Hallowell and Gambatese 2010b).As an established profession in the construction industry, CEM is a practice-driven field in nature. Many research questions in this field need to address the impacts of individuals, organizations and the society on construction management activities, particularly those on planning, forecasting and decision making activities (Fellows and Liu 2009). The key to resolve these problems should draw upon the collective knowledge and experience of selected experts in a given area. By contrast to other methods such as interviews, Delphi provides a more reliable and efficient alternative for solving these problems with high uncertainty (Chan et al. 2001). Therefore, a growing number of researchers have adopted Delphi method in CEM research since the early 1990s (Hallowell and Gambatese 2010b).Although many researchers regard Delphi as a qualitative method (Hasson et ...

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Application of Delphi Method in Construction Engineering and Management Research: A Quantitative Perspective

Ameyaw

Shan

et al. 2016

Journal of Civil Engineering and Management

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“…For instance, e-commerce and other electronic systems for exchange of information across the supply chain should be adopted to enhance integration. Information can be transmitted to all project parties by the centralized system via a centrally accessible location established to store the electronic information, or a network for transferring the electronic information to all parties [18]. Such strategies to develop IT tools in order to support multi-disciplinary team interaction will contribute to smooth and effective information and knowledge sharing [12].…”

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Key practice indicators of team integration in construction projects: a review

Ibrahim

Costello

Wilkinson

2013

Team Performance Management: An International Journal

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This paper conducts a review of the literature to identify key practice indicators of team integration in construction projects. The review identified six key practice indicators which are considered vital to team integration within construction projects. These indicators can be used in setting a benchmark for measuring team integration practice in construction projects and hence enhance a team's competitiveness and effectiveness.

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“…Although many authors have written about the time-cost trade-offs based on quantitative methods, nothing, to the best of our knowledge, has been said about the explanation of the time-cost trade-off curve and its interpretation by relating it to the efficiency and effectiveness of the project. During the course of this paper, we have mainly used the results of the work conducted by some researchers on NPD projects and construction projects and not limited to Hutchinson (Hutchinson 2007), Demartini andMella (2011), Schmelzer (1992), Mahmound-Jouini et al (2004) and Karlsson et al (2008). Construction project cases studied by the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds were used to look at their time and cost overrun to try to allocate them on the time-cost trade-off curve in construction projects.…”

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“…Construction project cases studied by the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds were used to look at their time and cost overrun to try to allocate them on the time-cost trade-off curve in construction projects. The same is done for the four cases used from Karlsson et al (2008) to come up with a new assumption about the time-cost trade-off curve. For NPD projects, the time-cost trade-off curve is a qualitative conceptual interpretation coming from the changes taking place in industries that are based on innovative projects from a few decades ago until the present.…”

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“The Fast and the Fantastic” Time-Cost Trade-Offs in New Product Development vs. Construction Projects

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Rolstadås

Johansen

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Advances in Production Management Systems: Innovative Production Management Towards Sustainable Growth

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Abstract. Today, in new product development projects, "NPDs", time is the cutting edge. The time to market in new product development projects is a key factor in the competition between innovative companies. Research has shown that time can be managed, and speed too. Our concern in this paper is to study the time factor in the case of new product development projects based on a time-cost trade-off curve, which is important for the project success by delivering the product as fast as possible. We will explain the motivation behind delivering fast in NPD projects. In construction projects, a customer initially contracts for a project from a contractor based on specifications, budget and delay. Time to market is a key success factor in new product development projects. Does time to delivery have high importance in construction projects? We conclude by showing the significance of NPD projects' speed with respect to management in construction projects.

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Best Practices for Integrating the Concurrent Engineering Environment into Multipartner Project Management

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Application of Delphi Method in Construction Engineering and Management Research: A Quantitative Perspective

Application of Delphi Method in Construction Engineering and Management Research: A Quantitative Perspective

Key practice indicators of team integration in construction projects: a review

“The Fast and the Fantastic” Time-Cost Trade-Offs in New Product Development vs. Construction Projects

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