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I've done some software projects in the construction industry, and the consensus I've gathered speaking with people working there is that the productivity growt
by Pandabob 7y ago
I've done some software projects in the construction industry, and the consensus I've gathered speaking with people working there is that the productivity growth in general has been abysmal in the industry. Granted, the issues there seem to be very complex and you probably won't solve anything with just more software.
You're right though that the use of software in the construction industry is probably as high as it is in any other industry, but anecdotally at least the way information (like what tasks to do and when) spreads in a construction site is severely lacking.
Also, I don't know how reliable this is, but at least McKinsey has written quite extensively about the productivity slump in construction: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/capital-projects-and-infrastructure/our-insights/reinventing-construction-through-a-productivity-revolutionconstruction https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/capital-projects-and-inf... idustry
- rijoja 7y agoAha I do believe the task management situation. I feel that we programmers have been drilled with this like crazy. I doubt that the average builder have a concept of project management the way a programmer does. I got a 404 on that page. Is the productivity decreasing or just stalling? I guess that since we're dealing with a industry that's thousands of years old it ought to be pretty close to optimal efficiency but perhaps there'd be some things to improve. Are there standardizations between the systems. Like for example almost everybody in software development have used Jira* at some point?
- Pandabob 7y agoTinyURL'd the link: https://tinyurl.com/ycp2cv5s https://tinyurl.com/ycp2cv5s