Determining work focus, common language, and issues in engineering projects through topic persistance

C. Snider*, S. Škec, J. Gopsill, B. Hicks

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Abstract

Large-scale engineering projects are challenging to monitor, manage, and improve. This paper presents an approach to addressing part of this challenge - the automatic detection of engineering activity through the project lifecycle. By monitoring the focus of work in real-time, this aims to enable managers to build a detailed understanding of the activity that occurs at different stages, work that deviates from that expected, and issues as they arise. The approach is applied to a long-term email dataset, and extracts key themes, issue occurrence, and activity focus through time.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDS 84: Proceedings of the DESIGN 2016 14th International Design Conference
Subtitle of host publicationMay 16 - 19 2016 Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia
PublisherFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
Pages1937-1946
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 16 May 2016
Event14th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2016 - Cavtat, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Duration: 16 May 201619 May 2016

Publication series

NameDESIGN - SOCIOTECHNICAL ISSUES IN DESIGN
PublisherFaculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture
NumberDS 84
Volume1
ISSN (Print)1847-9073

Conference

Conference14th International Design Conference, DESIGN 2016
Country/TerritoryCroatia
CityCavtat, Dubrovnik
Period16/05/1619/05/16

Keywords

  • engineering project health monitorin
  • Project monitoring
  • knowledge management

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  • LOCM: The Language of Collaborative Manufacturing

    Gopsill, J. A. (Researcher), McAlpine, H. C. (Manager), McMahon, C. A. (Co-Principal Investigator), Snider, C. M. (Researcher), Shi, L. (Researcher), Watts, L. (Co-Principal Investigator), Jones, S. (Researcher), Johnson, P. (Co-Principal Investigator), Newnes, L. (Co-Principal Investigator), Payne, S. (Co-Principal Investigator), Culley, S. (Co-Principal Investigator) & Hicks, B. J. (Principal Investigator)

    1/02/1331/07/18

    Project: Research

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