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{{Short description|Project scheduling method for repetitive activities}}

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'''Linear Schedulingscheduling Methodmethod''' ('''LSM''') is a graphical scheduling method focusing on continuous resource utilization in repetitive activities.

==Application==

LSM is used mainly in the [[Construction|construction industry]] to schedule resources in repetitive activities commonly found in [[highway]], [[Pipeline transport|pipeline]], [[Skyscraper|high-rise building]] and rail construction projects. These projects are called repetitive or linear projects. The main advantages of LSM over [[Criticalcritical Pathpath Methodmethod]] (CPM) is its underlying idea of keeping resources continuously at work. In other words, it schedules activities in such a way that:

# resource utilization is maximized;

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==Alternative names==

AccordingSpecific tonames for the linear scheduling method have been adopted, such as:<ref name="kenley2010">{{cite book |last1=Kenley |first1=Russell |last2=Seppänen |first2=Olli |title=Location-Based Management for Construction |page=6 |year=2010 |publisher=Spon Press |isbn=978-0-415-37050-9 |chapter=Chapter 1: Introduction}}</ref> specific names for the linear scheduling method have been adopted, such as:

*Location-based scheduling (the preferred term in the book)

*Harmonograms

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==Further reading==

* James Wonneberg and Ron Drake (2016) [https://graphicschedule.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Linear-Scheduling-101.pdf Linear Scheduling 101]

*Robert B. Harris and [[Photios G. Ioannou]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191337/http://www.cem.umich.edu/Ioannou/Pubs/CEE98_RSM/PGI_CEE98_RSM.pdf Repetitive Scheduling Method]

* David W. Johnston [https://archive.istoday/20130414083917/http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?5016289 Linear Scheduling Method for Highway Construction]

* Frank Harris and [[Ronald McCaffer]] Modern Construction Management 6th Ed UK: Blackwell Publishing