Understanding task execution time in relation to the multilayer project structure: Empirical evidence

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  • Sebastiano A. Piccolo
  • Jakob Trauer
  • Julian Wilberg
  • Anja M. Maier

Estimating task execution time is essential for planning and managing engineering projects. Many process scheduling and optimisation tools and methods require precise task execution time estimates. However, estimates are often too optimistic, potentially harming the usefulness of such tools. In this paper, we develop a methodology to aggregate multiple data sources into a Multiple Domain Matrix and show that its structural properties correlate with task execution time. Specifically, using data from a real-world engineering case, we show that the size of a task, the number of people assigned to it, and the number of interfaces directly correlate with task execution time. We discuss how these measures are available during the planning stage of the process and how people can use them to obtain better estimates.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 20th International Dependency and Structure Modeling Conference, DSM 2018
EditorsLucia Becerril, Carlo Leardi, Tyson R. Browning, Steven D. Eppinger
Number of pages10
PublisherLehrstuhl fur Produktentwicklung und Leichtbau
Publication date2018
Pages129-138
ISBN (Electronic)9783000574924
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Event20th International Dependency and Structure Modeling Conference, DSM 2018 - Trieste, Italy
Duration: 15 Oct 201817 Oct 2018

Conference

Conference20th International Dependency and Structure Modeling Conference, DSM 2018
LandItaly
ByTrieste
Periode15/10/201817/10/2018
SeriesProceedings of the 20th International Dependency and Structure Modeling Conference, DSM 2018

    Research areas

  • Data science, Design project, MDM, Multilayer networks, Task execution time estimation

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