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dc.contributor.authorWhyte, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorCrew, Andrew
dc.contributor.editorProf Les Ruddock
dc.contributor.editorDr Paul Chynoweth
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:59:26Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:59:26Z
dc.date.created2011-09-20T20:01:18Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationWhyte, Andrew and Crew, Andrew. 2011. Critical-Chain Project Management in Western Australia: Towards Construction Project Duration Reduction, in Ruddock, L. and others (ed), RICS Construction and Property Conference, Sep 12-13 2011, pp. 1532-1540. Manchester, UK: RICS.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/17062
dc.description.abstract

Given that one in three infrastructure projects in (Western) Australia were completed over-time, project management of the building process requires re-examination; Critical-Chain Project Management (CCPM) is presented as a way to address unsuccessful, over-time delivery of projects for the local construction industry. CCPM is an application of the Theory of Constraints to establish procedures to better manage human behaviour and more efficiently allocate resources required to complete tasks. CCPM is presented as a means to improve upon the Australian construction industry's more commonly used Critical Path Method. The research work described uses a qualitative methodology to assess the extent to which stakeholders in WA might be able to implement this alternative scheduling technique to incorporate risk assessment. Findings are presented which suggest that whilst industry appears resistant overall to the implementation of CCPM, utilisation of the technique may be suitable for disastermitigation community-asset-reinstatement.

dc.publisherRICS
dc.subjectcritical-chain
dc.subjectproject-management
dc.subjectcivil-engineering/construction
dc.subjectWestern-Australia
dc.titleCritical-Chain Project Management in Western Australia: Towards Construction Project Duration Reduction
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage1532
dcterms.source.endPage1540
dcterms.source.titleProceedings of RICS Construction and Property Conference (COBRA 2011)
dcterms.source.seriesProceedings of RICS Construction and Property Conference (COBRA 2011)
dcterms.source.isbn978-1-907842-19-1
dcterms.source.conferenceRICS Construction and Property Conference
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateSep 12 2011
dcterms.source.conferencelocationSalford, Manchester, UK
dcterms.source.placeUK
curtin.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
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