CEE242 Organization Design for Projects and Companies

Instructor: Raymond Levitt

Methods to manage the physical production of construction projects; design, analysis, and optimization of the fabricate-assemble process including performance metrics. Project management techniques and production system design including: push versus pull methods; master scheduling and look-ahead scheduling; scope, cost, and schedule control; earned value analysis; critical path method; location-based scheduling; 4D modeling; workflow; trade coordination; methods to understand uncertainty and reduce process variablility; and supply chain systems including made-to-stock, engineered-to-order, and made-to-order. Group term project. Prerequisite: 100 or consent of instuctor. (4 units, Aut 2006)