- Author
- Construction Industry Institute
- Title
- Pre-Project Planning: Beginning a Project the Right Way.
- Coporate
- Construction Industry Institute, Austin, TX
- Report
- Publication 39-1, December 1994, 29 p.
- Keywords
- construction | planning
- Abstract
- Research conducted by the Pre-Project Planning Research Team indicates that well-performed pre-project planning can: [*] reduce total project design and construction costs by as much as 20 percent (versus authorization estimate); [*] reduce total project design and construction schedule by as much as 39 percent (versus authorization estimate); [*] improve project predictability in terms of cost, schedule, and operating performance; [*] increase the chance of the project meeting environmental and social goals. The team has developed a pre-project planning process model outlining the major sub-processes. This publication gives an overview of the process, as well as guidelines and principles for implementing the process. Six pre-project planning factors that significantly affect project success are outlined in this publication. Among these are the need to increase total project design work-hours completed to between 10 and 25 percent prior to project authorization; development of a written charter; project control guidelines developed; execution approach prepared; adequate number of organizations participating in pre-project planning, and pre-project planning plan in place.