IGLC.net EXPORT DATE: 28 March 2024 @CONFERENCE{Ballard1998, author={Ballard, Glenn and Koskela, Lauri }, editor={ }, title={On the Agenda of Design Management Research}, journal={6th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, booktitle={6th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction}, year={1998}, url={http://www.iglc.net/papers/details/38}, affiliation={Research Director, Lean Construction Institute, 4536 Fieldbrook Road, Oakland, CA 94619. Phone: 510/530-8656. E-mail: ballard@ce.berkeley.edu ; Senior Researcher, VTT Building Technology, P.O. Box 1801, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland. Phone: +358-9-456 4556. E-mail: lauri.koskela@vtt.fi }, abstract={We propose an agenda for design management research. That agenda is based on a new conceptual foundation for operations management. Design processes can be conceived in at least three different ways: (1) as a process of converting inputs to outputs, (2) as a flow of materials and information through time and space, and (3) as a process of generating value for customers. All three conceptions are appropriate and necessary. However, the conversion model has been dominant in the AEC (architectural/engineering/construction) industry until very recently. We review current thinking and practice of design management, suggest fundamental hypotheses, then propose an agenda for design management research based on those hypotheses. }, author_keywords={Design management, concurrent engineering, value management, project management }, address={Guarujá, Brazil }, issn={ }, publisher={ }, language={English}, document_type={Conference Paper}, source={IGLC}, }