Development of a group support system to support collaborative works in value management workshops

作     者：CHUNG J K H 

作者机构：Dept. of Building and Real Estate Hong Kong Polytechnic University Kowloon Hong Kong China 

出 版 物：《Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology(New Series)》 (哈尔滨工业大学学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2004年第11卷第1期

页      面：91-97页

核心收录：

学科分类：0810[工学-信息与通信工程] 120202[管理学-企业管理（含：财务管理、市场营销、人力资源管理）] 12[管理学] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 0805[工学-材料科学与工程（可授工学、理学学位）] 0812[工学-计算机科学与技术（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：价值管理 VM 生产成本 可靠性 产品质量 群支持系统 GSS 

摘      要：Value Management (VM) is a rigorous and systematic approach to improve the value and optimise the overall cost of a facility. It identifies opportunities to remove unnecessary costs while assuring that quality, reliability, performance, and other critical factors will meet or exceed the customers’ expectations. It has been widely used in the construction industry in a number of countries. A recent survey, however, revealed several problems that hinder the wider use of this methodology in the industry. To overcome these problems, a feasibility study has been conducted to investigate whether or not a Group Support System (GSS) can support collaborative works in VM workshops. This paper introduces the development and structure of a prototype GSS which is designed to support the collaborative works of stakeholders in VM workshops. It begins with an introduction to the conceptual GSS framework and job plan, illustrating what GSS supports can be provided to VM workshops. This is followed by a detailed description of the GSS prototype system to demonstrate how these supports can be performed as an integrated computer system. The testing of the system is also discussed. The research findings provide strong evidence in supporting the notion of using GSS to improve VM implementation. The information support of GSS has been ranked to be the most useful GSS functions and most of the practitioners interviewed are highly interested in applying GSS to support VM workshops in the future.