TY - GEN
T1 - Using Key Date Matrix (kdm) to minimize risk in semiconductor facility projects
AU - Yu, Alex Kwok
AU - Sullivan, Kenneth
AU - Chasey, Allan
PY - 2010/9/10
Y1 - 2010/9/10
N2 - A new semiconductor facility project can take four years to build, install production tools and start manufacturing. With the current market competition, companies target facility completion within 18 months. Projects are typically planned using a traditional scheduling methodology where successor activities start when the predecessors are finished, resulting in zero float in the schedule. Any delay can have a domino impact on the completion date. Often during the 18 months facility schedule, the owner will continue to adjust their end date and facility scope due to market demand. These changes can modify the contract scope and schedule causing the project team to lose sight of the project priories and lower their efficiency, passing accountability to the owner. In order to increase accountability and focus on the correct priorities a Key Date Matrix (KDM) was developed. The KDM improves the communication between different project teams, identifying and re-sequencing scope, quickly defining risk between the execution schedule versus need date for the activities. This was demonstrated to increase contractor accountability as 98% of the planned schedule was completed on time.
AB - A new semiconductor facility project can take four years to build, install production tools and start manufacturing. With the current market competition, companies target facility completion within 18 months. Projects are typically planned using a traditional scheduling methodology where successor activities start when the predecessors are finished, resulting in zero float in the schedule. Any delay can have a domino impact on the completion date. Often during the 18 months facility schedule, the owner will continue to adjust their end date and facility scope due to market demand. These changes can modify the contract scope and schedule causing the project team to lose sight of the project priories and lower their efficiency, passing accountability to the owner. In order to increase accountability and focus on the correct priorities a Key Date Matrix (KDM) was developed. The KDM improves the communication between different project teams, identifying and re-sequencing scope, quickly defining risk between the execution schedule versus need date for the activities. This was demonstrated to increase contractor accountability as 98% of the planned schedule was completed on time.
KW - Project communication
KW - Project delays
KW - Scheduling
KW - Semiconductor facility
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U2 - 10.1061/41109(373)123
DO - 10.1061/41109(373)123
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77956330691
SN - 9780784411094
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2010: Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice - Proceedings of the 2010 Construction Research Congress
SP - 1224
EP - 1233
BT - Construction Research Congress 2010
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2010: Innovation for Reshaping Construction Practice
Y2 - 8 May 2010 through 10 May 2010
ER -