An Improved Time Scheduling Process for the Case Company
Venkatramani, Abitha (2023)
2023
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202305109146
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202305109146
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The thesis is for a Case Company that handles projects of varying scopes, and they are facing issues in handling the uncertainties that cause delays in the project schedule. The objective of this study is to identify the areas of weakness and provide recommendations in the form of an action plan to improve the existing time scheduling process for the case company.
The thesis work adopted the applied research approach with four stages to handle the issue concerning the case company and develop practical and useable solutions. The first stage was to understand the existing process and identify its strengths and weaknesses. One weakness was chosen as the critical weakness and an extensive literature study was performed to collect ideas to resolve the weakness. The ideas from the literature were transferred to recommendations through the co-creation process and finally validated to develop the final recommendations.
The current state analysis revealed that the strengths and weaknesses were distributed all along the process. The main weaknesses areas identified were the input to the process, the review session, the developed time schedule, and the scope change handling procedure. An extensive literature study of the critical weakness scope change handling procedure resulted in identifying the five areas to address to improve the process. The various recommendations for all five areas can be summarized as the inclusion of new steps in sub-processes, performing validation studies, and developing new process flow charts and process descriptions.
The outcome of this study was the final recommendations in the form of an action plan and the implementation plan helps to improve the existing time scheduling process of the case company. The thesis work has helped to improve the project efficiency and project planning. Further studies for the other weaknesses identified can help to improve the process continuously.
The thesis work adopted the applied research approach with four stages to handle the issue concerning the case company and develop practical and useable solutions. The first stage was to understand the existing process and identify its strengths and weaknesses. One weakness was chosen as the critical weakness and an extensive literature study was performed to collect ideas to resolve the weakness. The ideas from the literature were transferred to recommendations through the co-creation process and finally validated to develop the final recommendations.
The current state analysis revealed that the strengths and weaknesses were distributed all along the process. The main weaknesses areas identified were the input to the process, the review session, the developed time schedule, and the scope change handling procedure. An extensive literature study of the critical weakness scope change handling procedure resulted in identifying the five areas to address to improve the process. The various recommendations for all five areas can be summarized as the inclusion of new steps in sub-processes, performing validation studies, and developing new process flow charts and process descriptions.
The outcome of this study was the final recommendations in the form of an action plan and the implementation plan helps to improve the existing time scheduling process of the case company. The thesis work has helped to improve the project efficiency and project planning. Further studies for the other weaknesses identified can help to improve the process continuously.