Schedule Compression

**Schedule Compression** is a project scheduling technique that shortens the planned duration of a project or a set of its activities—primarily by accelerating or overlapping critical-path tasks—while maintaining the originally defined project scope and required performance of the deliverables.

Publications

4.2K

Citations

162

Authors

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Publications per year

2017–2026

Parents

Construction SchedulingProject Scheduling

Children

Activity OverlappingConstruction Delay MitigationCritical Path Method CompressionMilestone CompressionParallel Task ExecutionProcurement Schedule CompressionProject Duration ReductionSchedule ReplanningSchedule Shortening

Publications

Flexible and compressed workweek schedules: A meta-analysis of their effects on work-related criteria.

Boris B. Baltes, Thomas Briggs, Joseph W. Huff et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology · 1999 · 811 citations

Management, Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior +14

Time-based competition: the next battleground in American manufacturing

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 365 citations

Management, Operations Management, Quality Management +16

Total cycle time compression and the agile supply chain

Rachel Mason‐Jones, D.R. Towill · International Journal of Production Economics · 1999 · 335 citations

Management, Operations Management, Supply Chain Management +14

Parade Game: Impact of Work Flow Variability on Trade Performance

Iris D. Tommelein, David R. Riley, Greg Howell · Journal of Construction Engineering and Management · 1999 · 319 citations

Management, Construction Management, Project Management +15

Compressing construction durations: lessons learned from Hong Kong building projects

Daniel W.M. Chan, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy · International Journal of Project Management · 2002 · 209 citations

Management, Construction Management, Project Management +13

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Authors

162

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Awad S. Hanna
University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States
4 publications · 88 citations
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Rudy Hung
Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
4 publications · 79 citations
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Lori L. Wadsworth
Brigham Young University, United States
2 publications · 46 citations
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T.C.E. Cheng
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR China
2 publications · 51 citations
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Reza Dehghan
University of Calgary, Canada
2 publications · 36 citations
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Venues

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
11 publications · 619 citations
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Construction Management and Economics
3 publications · 82 citations
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European Journal of Operational Research
3 publications · 61 citations
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Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering
3 publications · 163 citations
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IIE Transactions
3 publications · 61 citations
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