COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PLANNING AND SCHEDULING OF A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT USING MICROSOFT PROJECT

Shruti Singh, Shweta Istape, Amruta Surve, Sahil Pandey, Avinash Singh, Sangram More

Abstract: Project Management is the application of knowledge, tools, techniques and skills to any project activities to meet the requirements of the project. Usually many construction industries in India do not practice the use of project management properly. Poorly managed projects usually result in a huge amount to all stakeholders not just financially but also psychologically and emotionally as well as it also consumes a lot of time. This has greatly motivated us to carry out the working and functioning of a project using modern project management tool, one of which is MSP (Microsoft Project). This paper consists of planning and scheduling of various activities involved in a construction project using MSP. The presented work clearly gives the difference between carrying out the work using MSP and traditional planning techniques. The presented work has been carried out on a residential building in Mumbai and it clearly shows how the use of MSP software can speed up the construction making it cost effective. Methodology for the presented work includes defining the problem statement, collection of data and finally coming to the conclusion.

Keywords: Project Management, Scheduling, Planning, Activities, Microsoft Project

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2018.0706006