Analytical design planning technique (ADePT): a dependency structure matrix tool to schedule the building design process

1 March 2000

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Construction Management and Economics

Vol. 18 (2) , 173-182
https://doi.org/10.1080/014461900370807

Abstract

Current planning practice takes little account of the interdisciplinary, iterative nature of the building design process. This leads to a compromised design process containing inevitable cycles of rework together with associated time and cost penalties in both design and construction. The analytical design planning technique (ADePT) is a planning methodology which helps to overcome these difficulties. The central part of ADePT is a dependency structure matrix (DSM). This paper describes DSM techniques and a tool developed to optimize the design process.

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