International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management 2016
Looking into Not-Completed Activities by Applying the 5 WHYs Method
Publication: ICCREM 2016: BIM Application and Off-Site Construction
ABSTRACT
Construction projects are tormented by activities not able to start and to finish on time. To reduce the number of activities not completed on time, the causes and risks that the individual activity is carrying should be analyzed and understood. This despite, there in construction has been a focus on treating the effect of the delay rather than eliminating the cause. In the Lean toolbox, there is a learning tool called the 5 Whys method, and the 5 Whys method is developed in an attempt to avoid repetitions of problems by identifying and eliminating the root cause. In the presented research study, the 5 Whys method has been applied at one construction project. In total, 11 activities, not completed on time, have been registered and investigated. By applying the 5 Whys method, the underlying causes have been identified, and even though asking Why is not a complicated task, it seems to be a useable technique of gaining business and project insight as the technique used in the analyze phase can lead to potentially solutions to the root causes. Based on the findings from the 5 Whys method, a practical approach to analyze the data is presented.
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ICCREM 2016: BIM Application and Off-Site Construction
Pages: 336 - 341
Editors: Yaowu Wang, Ph.D., Professor, Harbin Institute of Technology, Mohamed Al-Hussein, Ph.D., Professor, University of Alberta, Geoffrey Q. P. Shen, Ph.D., Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Yimin Zhu, Ph.D., Professor, Louisiana State University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8027-4
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© 2017 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Aug 14, 2017
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