TY - BOOK
T1 - Project Management in the Concurrent Engineering Environment
AU - Sulankivi, Kristiina
AU - Lakka, Antti
AU - Luedke, Mary
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The primary objective of the Finnish-American research
project was to develop the management and organization of
multi-partner projects when using electronic data
exchange and the concurrent engineering (CE) environment.
A second objective was to develop functional indicators
to measure impact of the CE environment in selected case
study construction projects. As a result, the study
presents key guidelines for realizing benefit by using
electronic data exchange and the CE environment in
multi-partner projects.
A fundamental conclusion of the study is that by using
electronic data exchange and a modern CE environment,
significant qualitative benefits can be reached in a
multi-partner project. The CE environment makes it
possible to change the traditional information flow,
thereby radically improving it at the design and
construction stages.
In addition to qualitative benefits, benefits measured in
terms of time and money can be reached. In the European
case studies, direct cost benefits were approximately
double as compared to the operating costs, and the
indirect cost savings were manifold as compared to the
direct cost benefits. However, indirect cost savings were
difficult to quantitatively measure in practice. In the
American case study, cost benefits were even 20-fold as
compared to the operating costs.
The model for benefit measuring was developed and tested
mainly in the first analyzed case study, which, in August
2000, was completed and handed over to the client in
Finland. Additionally, the framework was used in three
other case studies, in Sweden, Great Britain, and the
USA.
For more information
http://www.vtt.fi/rte/cmp/projects/proce/
AB - The primary objective of the Finnish-American research
project was to develop the management and organization of
multi-partner projects when using electronic data
exchange and the concurrent engineering (CE) environment.
A second objective was to develop functional indicators
to measure impact of the CE environment in selected case
study construction projects. As a result, the study
presents key guidelines for realizing benefit by using
electronic data exchange and the CE environment in
multi-partner projects.
A fundamental conclusion of the study is that by using
electronic data exchange and a modern CE environment,
significant qualitative benefits can be reached in a
multi-partner project. The CE environment makes it
possible to change the traditional information flow,
thereby radically improving it at the design and
construction stages.
In addition to qualitative benefits, benefits measured in
terms of time and money can be reached. In the European
case studies, direct cost benefits were approximately
double as compared to the operating costs, and the
indirect cost savings were manifold as compared to the
direct cost benefits. However, indirect cost savings were
difficult to quantitatively measure in practice. In the
American case study, cost benefits were even 20-fold as
compared to the operating costs.
The model for benefit measuring was developed and tested
mainly in the first analyzed case study, which, in August
2000, was completed and handed over to the client in
Finland. Additionally, the framework was used in three
other case studies, in Sweden, Great Britain, and the
USA.
For more information
http://www.vtt.fi/rte/cmp/projects/proce/
KW - project management
KW - building projects
KW - concurrent engineering
KW - collaboration
KW - Internet
KW - construction
KW - measuring frameworks
KW - re-engineering
KW - cost-benefit analysis
KW - communication tools
M3 - Report
SN - 951-38-6223-2
T3 - VTT Publications
BT - Project Management in the Concurrent Engineering Environment
PB - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
CY - Espoo
ER -