TY  - CONF
TI  - Accelerating the Adoption of Lean Thinking in the Construction Industry
C1  - San Diego, California, USA
C3  - 20th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
PY  - 2012
AU  - Naney, Dawn
AU  - Goser, Clay
AU  - Azambuja, Marcelo
AD  - CEO, Symphony LLC, Saint Louis, MO, 63129, USA, Phone +1 314/691-7109, dawnnaney@symphonystl.com
AD  - President, Symphony LLC, Saint Louis, MO, 63129, USA, Phone +1 314/691-7109, claygoser@sbcglobal.net
AD  - Assistant Professor, Dept. of Construction, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville,  IL, 62026, USA, Phone +1 618/650-3845, mazambu@siue.edu 
ED  - Tommelein, Iris D.
ED  - Pasquire, Chrisitne L.
AB  - If the construction industry seeks to increase the adoption of process improvement means, methods and technologies, organizations must concentrate on understanding the nature of the change and influence the team participant’s ability to identify, accept, and implement innovative ideas and technologies. This paper introduces the Gartner’s Hype Cycle model as applied to change adoption of Lean Thinking in construction. Gartner’s Hype Cycle is a graphic representation of the maturity, adoption, and social application of specific technologies. By examining Gartner’s five phases of adoption, one can identify interesting similarities to the construction industry’s acceptance of lean practices, organizational process change, and the ability to inform strategies to increase the speed of adoption. Our findings suggest that organizations can decrease time spent in the “Trough of Disillusionment” and accelerate the successful adoption of new process strategies such as Lean Thinking and Integrated Project Delivery and new technologies such as Building Information Modeling and collaborative tools through focused alignment and engagement. Recommended studies on team alignment and engagement and the impact on project process and outcome success measures will be suggested as venues to further research in this arena.
KW  - Lean Thinking
KW  - Transformation
KW  - Tipping Point
KW  - Gartner’s Hype Cycle
PB  - 
T2  - 20th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2012/07/18
CY  - San Diego, California, USA
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/811/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/811
N1  - Export Date: 25 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -