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A Study on Analyzing and Developing the Function Framework of Information Management Modules for Construction Project Management
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Chen, Yi-Lun
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
With the progress and the improvement of construction techniques, the construction projects are getting more and more complicated in recent years. And due to the rasiing of the degree of difficulty in business, traditional ways in project management has been insufficient. Therefor, it’s important to use IT (imformation technology) systems to surport and assist project management in construction field. With the IT systems, various types of data could be collected, shared and arranged efficiently into useful imformation, and be used for the planning and controlling of a engineering project.
However, there are some drawbacks in the IT systems in domestic markets.The essence of construction project management are not be caught in design of system functions. Several shortcomings are listed below:
• Only analyze the process and activites of clients, without a surportung from an intergrated theory as background.
• Mostly designed by professional programers, but they are not necessarily familiar with the processes and tasks of construction firms.
• Modules in the systems were designed as the separated and independent ones, and result in efficientcy lost due to the barriers of different and not integrated interfaces between those.
Therefore, this research will try to establish a function framework in construction IT systems, with the main focus on medium and small-scale construction firms. At first, the essential progresses and activities in Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) would be carefully defined; following, the Integrated Definition Function Modeling (IDEFO) method would be adopted to describe every processes and steps in
each aspect; after, Structure System Analysis was used for drawing and designing the
Data Flow Diagram (DFD) of every aspeact. With the finish of all design, 17 modules were biuled and then this research proposed an initial function requirement framework. Finally, through the case study of a domestic refrigeration and air- conditioning engineering firm, the insufficiency and shortcomings of the framework will be notified and corrected with new-added required functions. The conclusion of this research will hopefully be presented as the reference resources for the medium and small-scale construction and engineering firms to build their own construction MIS.
However, there are some drawbacks in the IT systems in domestic markets.The essence of construction project management are not be caught in design of system functions. Several shortcomings are listed below:
• Only analyze the process and activites of clients, without a surportung from an intergrated theory as background.
• Mostly designed by professional programers, but they are not necessarily familiar with the processes and tasks of construction firms.
• Modules in the systems were designed as the separated and independent ones, and result in efficientcy lost due to the barriers of different and not integrated interfaces between those.
Therefore, this research will try to establish a function framework in construction IT systems, with the main focus on medium and small-scale construction firms. At first, the essential progresses and activities in Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) would be carefully defined; following, the Integrated Definition Function Modeling (IDEFO) method would be adopted to describe every processes and steps in
each aspect; after, Structure System Analysis was used for drawing and designing the
Data Flow Diagram (DFD) of every aspeact. With the finish of all design, 17 modules were biuled and then this research proposed an initial function requirement framework. Finally, through the case study of a domestic refrigeration and air- conditioning engineering firm, the insufficiency and shortcomings of the framework will be notified and corrected with new-added required functions. The conclusion of this research will hopefully be presented as the reference resources for the medium and small-scale construction and engineering firms to build their own construction MIS.
Subjects
專案管理
PMBOK
流程塑模
營造產業
Project Management
Information Technology
Process Modeling
Construction Industry
Type
report