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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 [[Critical Path Method]] (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 maximizedminimized;

# interruption in on-going process is minimized, including hiring-and-firing; and

# the effect of the [[Experience curve effects|learning curve]] phenomenon is minimized

These benefits are achieved in LSM by scheduling the start date of an activity at the date which will provide a continuous work flow for the resource. In contrast to CPM, this date is not necessarily the earliest possible start date of an activity.

Graphical presentation of LSM is also another advantage over the [[Critical Path Method]] when a project consists of repetitive activities.

==Alternative names==