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<p><b>Linear scheduling method</b> (<b>LSM</b>) is a graphical scheduling method focusing on continuous resource utilization in repetitive activities.
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<p>LSM is used mainly in the <a href="Construction" title="Construction">construction industry</a> to schedule resources in repetitive activities commonly found in <a href="Highway" title="Highway">highway</a>, <a href="Pipeline_transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipeline transport">pipeline</a>, <a href="Skyscraper" title="Skyscraper">high-rise building</a> and rail construction projects. These projects are called repetitive or linear projects. The main advantages of LSM over <a href="Critical_path_method" title="Critical path method">critical path method</a> (CPM) is its underlying idea of keeping resources continuously at work. In other words, it schedules activities in such a way that:
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<ol><li>resource utilization is maximized;</li>
<li>interruption in on-going process is minimized, including hiring-and-firing; and</li>
<li>the effect of the <a href="Experience_curve_effects" title="Experience curve effects">learning curve</a> phenomenon is maximized</li></ol>
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<p>Specific names for the linear scheduling method have been adopted, such as:<sup id="cite_ref-kenley2010_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kenley2010-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<ul><li>Location-based scheduling (the preferred term in the book)</li>
<li>Harmonograms</li>
<li>Line-of-balance</li>
<li>Flowline or flow line</li>
<li>Repetitive scheduling method</li>
<li>Vertical production method</li>
<li>Time-location matrix model</li>
<li>Time space scheduling method</li>
<li>Disturbance scheduling</li>
<li>Horizontal and vertical logic scheduling for multistory projects</li>
<li>Horizontal and vertical scheduling</li>
<li>Multiple repetitive construction process</li>
<li>Representing construction</li>
<li>Linear scheduling</li>
<li><a href="Time_distance_diagram" class="mw-redirect" title="Time distance diagram">Time versus distance diagrams</a> (T-D charts)</li>
<li>Time chainage</li>
<li>Linear balance charts</li>
<li>Velocity diagrams</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="List_of_project_management_software" class="mw-redirect" title="List of project management software">List of project management software</a></li>
<li><a href="List_of_project_management_topics" class="mw-redirect" title="List of project management topics">List of project management topics</a></li>
<li><a href="Project_management" title="Project management">Project management</a></li>
<li><a href="Project_planning" title="Project planning">Project planning</a></li>
<li><a href="Sequence_step_algorithm" title="Sequence step algorithm">Sequence step algorithm</a></li>
<li><a href="Time_distance_diagram" class="mw-redirect" title="Time distance diagram">Time distance diagram</a></li>
<li><a href="Work_breakdown_structure" title="Work breakdown structure">Work breakdown structure</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFKenleySeppänen2010" class="citation book cs1">Kenley, Russell; Seppänen, Olli (2010). "Chapter 1: Introduction". <i>Location-Based Management for Construction</i>. Spon Press. p.&nbsp;6. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&nbsp;<bdi>978-0-415-37050-9</bdi>.</cite></span>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2></div>
<ul><li>James Wonneberg and Ron Drake (2016) <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://graphicschedule.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Linear-Scheduling-101.pdf">Linear Scheduling 101</a></li>
<li>Robert B. Harris and Photios G. Ioannou <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160303191337/http://www.cem.umich.edu/Ioannou/Pubs/CEE98_RSM/PGI_CEE98_RSM.pdf">Repetitive Scheduling Method</a></li>
<li>David W. Johnston <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130414083917/http://cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?5016289">Linear Scheduling Method for Highway Construction</a></li>
<li>Frank Harris and <a href="Ronald_McCaffer" title="Ronald McCaffer">Ronald McCaffer</a> Modern Construction Management 6th Ed UK: Blackwell Publishing</li></ul></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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