Location Based Scheduling In The Form Of Flow Line and Its Comparison to Cpm-Bar Chart Scheduling

Year 2015, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 891 - 903, 01.06.2015

Alireza Rezaei

Abstract

Time Management is a process of planning, scheduling and control over the amount of time spent in specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency, or productivity. Bar charts and network diagrams like Critical Path Method (CPM) are used for medium to large size projects, while the line of balance technique is used for big linear projects and repetitive actions. Location based scheduling is a deviation of line of balance technique, which is graphical line showing the movement of crew’s productivity and continuity of two dimensional coordinate system using the location and time. A modified method has been evolved which uses Location Based Scheduling (LBS) in the form of flow line scheduling, which is a combination of CPM and Linear Scheduling Method (LSM) which can be used for planning and scheduling of small, medium and big projects.This study uses the modified LBS method for a case study of 3 floor villa which represents as a small project. Both scheduling tools, CPM/Bar chart and LBS, were used to schedule the villa and a comparison between the two methods with their limitations and advantages will be discussed. The results of the LBS scheduling through the case study showed that the LBS scheduling can work on small projects, can be easily planned, and it gave some advantageous results than the traditional CPM/Bar chart scheduling method.

Keywords

Time Management, Line of Balance, Location Based Scheduling, Linear Scheduling Method

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