The development of a Project Management Information System for small construction firms /
Construction is one of the most information-dependent industries, with its diversity of forms of information. The amount of information generated and exchanged during a project life-term is enormous even for a small-sized construction project. The amount and type of information generated during th...
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| Format: | Thesis Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: | Construction is one of the most information-dependent industries, with its diversity of forms of information. The amount of information generated and exchanged during a project life-term is enormous even for a small-sized construction project. The amount and type of information generated during the course of a project is enormous. Timely and accurate information is imperative for project managers -- information that is required to make decisions, which directly affect the economic success of failure of a project. There has long been a need for tools to streamline the job of information management for construction project managers. This study intends to assist project managers for small construction firms in organizing and streamlining their information, through the use of a Project Management Information System template that includes the components of estimating, bidding, subcontractor and vendor tracking, contract tracking, cost accounting, and project profitability. The Project Management Information System was built around the concept of 'Keep it Simple'. This in turn relates to a main objective in the development of the template that the project manager is required to enter information only once during the logical course of a construction project. Modeling structures and objectives were considered, integrated, and built into the Project Management Information System template. This template was modeled for small contractors who perform less than $25 million of business per year. The validation of the template was performed through the use of a validation presentation and survey to both large and small contractors. The results of that validation show that 93% of the small contractors responding to the survey felt that this PMIS template would both increase the efficiency of the project management process and increase the profitability of their respective construction firms. |
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| Item Description: | Vita. "Major Subject: Architecture". |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 323 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-165). |