https://doi.org/10.24928/2024/0212

Agile Ramp-Up: A Method to Reduce Premature Construction Start

Caio M. Lima¹, Marcus C. T. Fireman², Lucas H. Nascimento³, Bernardo M. B. S. Etges⁴, Bruno G. Antonini⁵, Bruno B. Bluhm⁶, Denilson P. Silva⁷ & Fabiano C. O. Rocha⁸

¹M.Sc. Eng., Specialist in research, development and innovation at Grupo Cortez, Fortaleza, Brasil [email protected]
²PhD Candidate, M.Sc. Eng., Founding-Partner at Climb Consulting Group, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. [email protected]
³Planning Coordinator at Grupo Cortez, Fortaleza, Brasil [email protected]
⁴PhD Candidate, M.Sc. Eng., Founding-Partner at Climb Consulting Group, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. [email protected]
⁵M.Sc. Candidate in Civil Eng. at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Lean Consultant at Climb Consulting Group, Porto Alegre, Brazil. [email protected]
⁶Director Eng. at Grupo Cortez, Fortaleza, Brasil [email protected]
⁷General Superintendent at Grupo Cortez, Fortaleza, Brasil [email protected]
⁸Cost Manager at Grupo Cortez, Fortaleza, Brasil [email protected].

Abstract

It is understood that one of the main contributing factors to stagnant productivity in the construction sector is the haste of project teams to start construction without a thorough readiness assessment. With the aim of improving the sector's performance, recent research has turned to analyzing the consequences and challenges associated with the premature start of projects, showing a direction in the search for effective solutions to these issues. The purpose of this work was to present the application of an agile ramp-up method developed to mitigate cases of premature construction start in onshore wind projects. The method used in this article was Design Science Research and covers the following phases: awareness of the problem through understanding the concepts involved; artifact suggestion through the development of a diagnosis; development from the choice of appropriate tools for constructing the "Starting Right" method; evaluation through the impact, transparency, and statistical variance analysis in 16 projects, of which 6 applied the method; conclusion through the systematization of the main learnings. The "Starting Right" method significantly improved the performance of projects during the initial phases, with strategic tool use proving essential for effective responses to various scenarios.

Keywords

Agile Ramp-Up, Lean construction, Wind Farm, LPS.

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Lima, C. M. , Fireman, M. C. T. , Nascimento, L. H. , Etges, B. M. B. S. , Antonini, B. G. , Bluhm, B. B. , Silva, D. P. & Rocha, F. C. O. 2024. Agile Ramp-Up: A Method to Reduce Premature Construction Start, Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 32) , 478-489. doi.org/10.24928/2024/0212

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