The use of the critical path and critical chain methods in the South African construction industry
| dc.contributor.author | Deacon, Henry | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van der Lingen, Elma | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-07-20T17:44:20Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-20T17:44:20Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
| dc.description.abstract | English: The purpose of this article is to report on an investigation of the use of critical path and critical chain methods in the South African construction industry. Through a questionnaire survey, data was collected to establish which construction sectors apply these methods, the percentage of construction professionals using these methods, the reasons why these methods are applied, and the factors that influence the use of these methods. Based on the findings, the critical path and critical chain methods are mostly used in the South African construction industry by the building sector, in comparison to the civil and industrial sectors. The critical path method is used more than the critical chain method, with over 70% of the responding companies applying the critical path method and only 22% applying the critical chain method. The latter method is considered to be a relatively new project management tool and requires a culture change in the company. Users of the critical path method believe that the method mainly improves their project understanding, planning, scheduling and control, with all these improvements ultimately leading to better on-time completion of projects and cost saving. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.abstract | Afrikaans: Die doel van die artikel is om die Suid-Afrikaanse konstruksiebedryf se gebruik van die kritiesepadmetode en die kritiesekettingmetode te ondersoek. Data is deur middel van ’n vraelys ingewin om te bepaal watter konstruksiesektore die metodes gebruik, asook die persentasie-gebruik deur professionele persone in die konstruksiebedryf, die onderliggende redes vir die toepassing van die metodes en die faktore wat die gebruik hiervan beïnvloed. Die navorsing het bevind dat die kritiesepadmetode en die kritiesekettingmetode in die Suid-Afrikaanse konstruksiebedryf meer in die bousektor gebruik word as in die siviele en industriële sektore. Die kritiesepadmetode word deur meer maatskappye en op meer projekte gebruik as wat die kritiesekettingmetode deur die konstruksiebedryf gebruik word, met meer as 70% van die responderende maatskappye wat van die kritiesepadmetode gebruik maak teenoor 22% wat die kritiesekettingmetode gebruik. Die laasgenoemde metode word as ’n jong metode beskou en implementering vereis kultuurveranderinge in die maatskappy. Gebruikers van die kritiesepadmetode glo dat die metode help met die verbetering van projekbegrip, beplanning, skedulering en beheer, met al die verbeteringe wat lei tot beter optydafsluiting van projekte en kostebesparing. | af |
| dc.description.version | Publisher's version | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Deacon, H., & Van der Lingen, E. (2015). The use of the critical path and critical chain methods in the South African construction industry. Acta Structilia, 22(1), 73-97. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1023-0564 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2415-0487 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11660/3498 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.rights.holder | University of the Free State | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Critical path method | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Critical chain method | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Construction | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Project management | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | CCPM | en_ZA |
| dc.title | The use of the critical path and critical chain methods in the South African construction industry | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |