- Author
-
Oswald, T. H.
|
Burati, J. L., Jr.
- Title
- Adaptation of Quality Function Deployment to Engineering and Construction Project Development.
- Coporate
- University of Texas, Austin
- Report
-
Source Document 97
December 1993
174 p.
- Keywords
-
construction
- Abstract
- The current research explores the adaptation of Quality Function Deployment (QFD) to the process of project development in the engineering and construction (E&C) industry. It corroborates the findings of the Phase 1 QFD Feasibility Study, that QFD is a viable and productive technique for enhancing E&C project definition. In this document, project development refers to five phases of activity which lead up to the start of construction: the owner's Business Requirements phase, the Feasibility Study phase, the Conceptual Development phase, the Preliminary Design phase, and the Final Design phase. The additional phases of startup, construction, operation, and disposal are not included. Procurement is not considered a separate phase in this document; rather, it is regarded as an ongoing activity, concurrent with design.