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Simulation exercise for collaborative planning system / Last planner SystemTM (colplasse)
Published in The International Group for Lean Construction
2018
Volume: 2
   
Pages: 1002 - 1012
Abstract
The Last Planner System (LPSTM)is becoming popular for project management all over the world. Though the practitioners are able to follow the concepts quite well, they sometimes find it difficult to develop the required processes and templates, particularly in organisations and environments where systematic planning practices are not that prevalent. Structured templates, simulations, or games for LPS are also not freely available in the open domain. A simulation exercise, COLPLASSE (COLlaborative PLAnning System Simulation Exercise), has been developed to cater to this felt need. COLPLASSE is based on simple Excel spreadsheets and uses work plans for developing Look Ahead Plans and Weekly planning over the many weeks required for project completion. It has provisions to simulate random delays due to inclement external environmental conditions or variations in productivity due to various causes. It computes PPC automatically and simultaneously draws continuous charts for PPC and Root Cause Analysis over the Project completion period. It is simple to use and with further improvements being planned, can develop into a powerful tool for training or simulation or actual use along with LPS. Further research is proposed to be done using this simulation with various groups to evaluate its capabilities for helping early practitioners to use LPS. © IGLC 2018 All Rights Reserved.
About the journal
JournalIGLC 2018 - Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction: Evolving Lean Construction Towards Mature Production Management Across Cultures and Frontiers
PublisherThe International Group for Lean Construction
Open AccessYes
Concepts (11)
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    Lean production
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    Project management
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    COLLABORATIVE PLANNING
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    Environmental conditions
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    EXCEL SPREADSHEETS
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    Root cause analysis
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    Simulation
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    Simulation exercise
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    SYSTEMATIC PLANNING
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    WORK PLAN
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    SPREADSHEETS