Concurrent project planning and scheduling in a project business company
Lehtimäki, Eetu (2017)
Lehtimäki, Eetu
2017
Johtaminen ja tietotekniikka (Pori)
Talouden ja rakentamisen tiedekunta - Faculty of Business and Built Environment
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Hyväksymispäivämäärä
2017-09-06
Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201708241779
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:tty-201708241779
Tiivistelmä
This research studied project planning and scheduling in a project business environment and explored the challenges and opportunities of same topics in a project business company. The target company operates in marine and offshore industry handling project management together with engineering. Project sizes and scopes have varied and the grown project sizes have created a demand for more effective project planning. This was the basis for this study.
The research was carried out as a case study and performed with an action research method. It consists from a theoretical part where relevant literature is reviewed and from an empirical part with description of target company’s current state and observed challenges together with alternative practices suggested for future projects. The literature review is based on articles and books written by experts in the field and the alternative practices are derived from these together with interviews conducted for this study. The description of current state and challenges was also created with knowledge from these interviews.
The main findings were that the project planning process suffers from insufficient communication and that the process needs more attention in order to improve. In addition, more resources are needed to operate the planning and scheduling system to meet the demands. To improve the process, understanding of internal customer relationship is promoted and knowledge management methods are suggested. For the challenges with project schedule, various techniques from Lean Project Planning and SMART Project Planning were recommended.
The research was carried out as a case study and performed with an action research method. It consists from a theoretical part where relevant literature is reviewed and from an empirical part with description of target company’s current state and observed challenges together with alternative practices suggested for future projects. The literature review is based on articles and books written by experts in the field and the alternative practices are derived from these together with interviews conducted for this study. The description of current state and challenges was also created with knowledge from these interviews.
The main findings were that the project planning process suffers from insufficient communication and that the process needs more attention in order to improve. In addition, more resources are needed to operate the planning and scheduling system to meet the demands. To improve the process, understanding of internal customer relationship is promoted and knowledge management methods are suggested. For the challenges with project schedule, various techniques from Lean Project Planning and SMART Project Planning were recommended.