TY  - CONF
TI  - Requirements and Barriers to Adoption of Last Planner Computer Tools
C1  - Singapore, Singapore
C3  - 9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
PY  - 2001
AU  - Choo, Hyun Jeong
AU  - Tommelein, Iris D.
AD  - Ph.D. Candidate, Constr. Engrg. and Mgmt. Program, Civil and Envir. Engrg. Dept., 215 McLaughlin Hall #1712, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, choohj@ce.berkeley.edu
AD  - Professor, Constr. Engrg. and Mgmt. Program, Civil and Envir. Engrg. Dept., 215-A McLaughlin Hall #1712, Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, tommelein@ce.berkeley.edu
ED  - Ballard, Glenn
ED  - Chua, David
AB  - The Last Planner methodology has been applied to construction and design. These efforts have resulted in the development of computer programs (WorkPlan and DePlan) that guide production units in creating reliable work plans. One of these programs was extended to include distributed planning and coordination and space scheduling capabilities as well (WorkMovePlan). 

During and after the development of these tools, LCI member companies used them and provided valuable feedback. Some of these companies have developed in-house spreadsheet applications to meet their own particular needs. These beta-testers were familiar with the Last Planner concepts, which allowed them to make suggestions based on their conception of the Last Planner methodology. 

This paper reports on the feedback from the beta-testers of WorkPlan, DePlan, and WorkMovePlan. This feedback provided a foundation for further specifying requirements for the Last Planner computer tools. The paper also discusses barriers to adoption of Last Planner tools in companies that are new to lean construction and in companies that have already started lean transformation. These findings not only assist in improving existing tools but also reveal new areas for computer tool implementation.
KW  - Last Planner methodology
KW  - lean construction
KW  - design management
KW  - construction management
KW  - production management
KW  - computer tools
KW  - distributed planning
KW  - coordination
KW  - planning
KW  - scheduling
KW  - space scheduling
KW  - WorkPlan
KW  - DePlan
KW  - WorkMovePlan
KW  - work package
KW  - assignment.
PB  - 
T2  - 9th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2001/08/06
CY  - Singapore, Singapore
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/133/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/133
N1  - Export Date: 24 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -