In recent years projects have increasingly used Last Planner System (LPS) in
building construction. However project managers still struggle with figuring out how the
LPS could be applied on their specific projects. One main reason for this struggle is that
explicit instructions for systematically applying LPS are not available. This thesis offers
practitioners and researchers an account of LPS implementation challenges and an
indication of how LPS can be applied. The thesis qualitatively aggregates the results of
26 test case projects of LPS applications to show researchers and practitioners reasons
why LPS was applied, what benefits were realized and what challenges were found
during the implementation. Senior and mid-level managers in AEC industry were
surveyed to assess the implementation challenges that they encountered. The main
findings of this analysis are; (1) that practitioners have used LPS for the purpose of
making plans more reliable, (2) get smooth work flow (3) improve productivity. The
survey findings imply that improvements in LPS implementation strategies can be made
which will facilitate LPS adoption by the industry. The findings of this thesis suggest
that further research on the integration of LPS into work and business processes of project teams is needed to further the widespread use of LPS throughout the building
industry.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:tamu.edu/oai:repository.tamu.edu:1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2010-12-8634 |
| Date | 2010 December 1900 |
| Creators | Porwal, Vishal |
| Contributors | Fernández-Solís, Jose |
| Source Sets | Texas A and M University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
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