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Titolo: | Process management in design and construction [[electronic resource] /] / Rachel Cooper ... [et al.] |
Pubblicazione: | Oxford, OX, UK ; ; Malden, MA, USA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (206 p.) |
Disciplina: | 658.5/75 |
Soggetto topico: | Industrial design - Management |
New products - Management | |
Altri autori: | CooperRachel |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-186) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Process Management in Design and Construction; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction - Why Process?; 1 The Product Development Process; Product development in manufacturing; The need for new product development (NPD); NPD activities; NPD models; Applying product development to construction: historical background; Construction project process models; Process development in construction; Conclusion; 2 Techniques and Technologies for Managing the Product Development Process in Construction; Approaches to process modelling; Process improvement |
IT and the design and construction processLegacy archive and process information management; Latest technology development; Future vision; 3 Case Study: the Generic Design and Construction Process Protocol; What do we mean by 'process'?; Drivers behind the process; Construction and 'process'; Manufacturing and 'process'; The terms of reference for designing the Process Protocol; Factors identified with problems in the design and construction process; The concept of the Process Protocol: the drivers and philosophies; Operation of the Protocol; The Process Protocol described | |
The Process Protocol elementsThe Activity zones; Deliverables; Legacy archive; IT and the Process Protocol; The use of technology during the process; Postscript: the development of the sub-processes and a toolkit; Summary; 4 Implementation Issues; Implementation issues; A case study of implementation: Britannia Walk; Communication; The future; Conclusion; Appendix The Process Protocol Phases and Activity Zones Demystified; Phases; Phase 0: demonstrating the need; Phase 1: conception of need; Phase 2: outline feasibility; Phase 3: substantive feasibility study and outline financial authority | |
Phase 4: outline conceptual designPhase 5: full conceptual design; Phase 6: production design, procurement and full financial authority; Phase 7: production information; Phase 8: construction; Phase 9: operation and maintenance; Activity zones; Development management; Project management; Resource management; Design management; Production management; Facilities management; Health and safety, statutory and legal management; Process management; Change management; List of Abbreviations; References; Index | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Process management enables efficiency improvements by identifying and integrating generic sub-processes. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to process management in design and construction in order to meet the business needs of the construction industry in a highly competitive global environment. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Process management in design and construction |
ISBN: | 1-281-31867-1 |
9786611318673 | |
0-470-79438-0 | |
0-470-69075-5 | |
0-470-68048-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910145262603321 |
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