TY  - CONF
TI  - Quantitative Framework for Measuring Effectiveness of Big Room 
C1  - Berkeley, California, USA
C3  - Proc. 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
SP  - 277
EP  - 288
PY  - 2020
DO  - 10.24928/2020/0119
AU  - Joshi, Hrishikesh Sanatkumar
AU  - Jayarajan, Santhosh
AU  - Vaidyanathan, Kalyan
AU  - Devkar, Ganesh
AD  - Chief Operating Officer, Panora Infrastructure LLP, Worli, Mumbai 400018, India, hrbm1011@yahoo.com, orcid.org/0000-0001-5203-9028
AD  - DGM-Electrical, Tata Realty,E-Block,Voltas Compound, TB Kadam Marg, Chinchpokli,Mumbai 400033, India, santh_rfx@yahoo.com, orcid.org/0000-0002-0512-2715
AD  - CEO, Nadhi Information Technologies Pvt. Ltd.,#4, Aswathi, 2nd Crescent Park Street, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai 600020. India, kalyanv@nadhi.in, orcid.org/0000-0001-7006-6329
AD  - Associate Professor, Faculty of Technology, CEPT University, Ahmedabad - 380009, India, ganesh.devkar@cept.ac.in, orcid.org/0000-0002-5482-1221
AB  - Benefits derived from the conduct of Big Room are well established. At present, the lean practitioners have been focusing on tapping the potential of this technique by systematizing the processes associated with implementation of Big Room. But there has been no quantifiable metrics to measure the same. In this context, this paper reports a study undertaken to develop and implement Big Room Effectiveness Index (BREI) that assesses effectiveness of Big Room. This research study adopted action research approach in the context of an Indian real estate developer. A core group within this developer was formed to steer the initiative of BREI. Based on literature review and interactions within core group, 10 measures for assessing effectiveness of Big Room were identified, which are grouped under four categories: collaboration, look-ahead planning, knowledge building and tools used, and continuous improvement. The framework was codified with some flexibility to provide inputs like parameter weightages and rating of these parameters. The developed BREI was implemented in an ongoing real estate project. The BREI was plotted on a monthly basis and it provided valuable input to participants involved in the Big Room meetings and suggested areas of improvements.
KW  - Big Room/obeya
KW  - Collaboration
KW  - continuous improvement/kaizen
KW  - lookahead planning
KW  - constraint analysis.
PB  - 
T2  - Proc. 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
DA  - 2020/07/06
CY  - Berkeley, California, USA
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1829/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1829
N1  - Export Date: 28 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -