Analytical design planning technique (ADePT): a dependency structure matrix tool to schedule the building design process

Simon Austin, Andrew Baldwin, Baizhan Li and Paul Waskett

Construction Management and Economics, 2000, vol. 18, issue 2, 173-182

Abstract: Current planning practice takes little account of the interdisciplinary, iterative nature of the building design process. This leads to a compromised design process containing inevitable cycles of rework together with associated time and cost penalties in both design and construction. The analytical design planning technique (ADePT) is a planning methodology which helps to overcome these difficulties. The central part of ADePT is a dependency structure matrix (DSM). This paper describes DSM techniques and a tool developed to optimize the design process.

Keywords: Adept; Design; Planning; Design Management; Matrix Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2000
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