Retrospective look on front-end planning: A comprehensive literature review of 30 years of research
Academics and practitioners have paid close attention to front-end planning research, especially in the construction industry. It is known with many acronyms including pre-project planning and front-end loading. Since 1994, Construction Industry Institute (CII) has set front-end planning as one of t...
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| description | Academics and practitioners have paid close attention to front-end planning research, especially in the construction industry. It is known with many acronyms including pre-project planning and front-end loading. Since 1994, Construction Industry Institute (CII) has set front-end planning as one of the main research topic areas in their knowledge structure. A lot of research related to front-end planning and project scope definition has been conducted since then. However, there lacks a comprehensive review of the current studies on the topic. Thus, the objective of this research was to undertake a comprehensive literature review of papers related to front-end planning. Reviewing 83 selected papers, this research raises several important issues regarding front-end planning such as the position of front-end planning in project life cycle, the differentiation between front-end planning and project planning, the significance of front-end planning, the front-end planning organization management, the front-end planning phases, the challenges in front-end planning implementation, and the identification of research gaps in front-end planning. The findings of this research contribute to further understanding of front-end planning and would be useful for practitioners and academics to conduct further empirical studies on the subject matter. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-41ccc4f8932a44c7b2403f9b278773012022-12-21T22:11:57ZengMassey UniversityInternational Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management1179-07762018-10-0181194210.14424/ijcscm801018-19-42Retrospective look on front-end planning: A comprehensive literature review of 30 years of researchHansen, S.0Too, E.1Le, T.2RMIT University, AustraliaRMIT University, AustraliaRMIT University, Australia.Academics and practitioners have paid close attention to front-end planning research, especially in the construction industry. It is known with many acronyms including pre-project planning and front-end loading. Since 1994, Construction Industry Institute (CII) has set front-end planning as one of the main research topic areas in their knowledge structure. A lot of research related to front-end planning and project scope definition has been conducted since then. However, there lacks a comprehensive review of the current studies on the topic. Thus, the objective of this research was to undertake a comprehensive literature review of papers related to front-end planning. Reviewing 83 selected papers, this research raises several important issues regarding front-end planning such as the position of front-end planning in project life cycle, the differentiation between front-end planning and project planning, the significance of front-end planning, the front-end planning organization management, the front-end planning phases, the challenges in front-end planning implementation, and the identification of research gaps in front-end planning. The findings of this research contribute to further understanding of front-end planning and would be useful for practitioners and academics to conduct further empirical studies on the subject matter.http://www.ijcscm.com/sites/default/files/issue/nid-40579/hansen_1539201987.pdfConstructionFront-end planningPre-project planningProject planning |
| spellingShingle | Hansen, S. Too, E. Le, T. Retrospective look on front-end planning: A comprehensive literature review of 30 years of research International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management Construction Front-end planning Pre-project planning Project planning |
| title | Retrospective look on front-end planning: A comprehensive literature review of 30 years of research |
| title_full | Retrospective look on front-end planning: A comprehensive literature review of 30 years of research |
| title_fullStr | Retrospective look on front-end planning: A comprehensive literature review of 30 years of research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Retrospective look on front-end planning: A comprehensive literature review of 30 years of research |
| title_short | Retrospective look on front-end planning: A comprehensive literature review of 30 years of research |
| title_sort | retrospective look on front end planning a comprehensive literature review of 30 years of research |
| topic | Construction Front-end planning Pre-project planning Project planning |
| url | http://www.ijcscm.com/sites/default/files/issue/nid-40579/hansen_1539201987.pdf |
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