TY - CONF TI - Towards Lean Design Management C1 - Gold Coast, Australia C3 - 5th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction PY - 1997 AU - Koskela, Lauri AU - Ballard, Glenn AU - Tanhuanpää, Veli-Pekka AD - Senior Researcher, VTT Building Technology, Espoo, Finland AD - Lecturer, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Berkeley AD - Researcher, VTT Building Technology, Espoo, Finland ED - Tucker, Selwyn N. AB - The paper forwards the following hypotheses, which are new or previously little treated, in regard to design management: (1) There is an optimal sequence of design tasks. (2) Internal and external uncertainties tend to push the design process away from the optimal sequence. (3) Out-of-sequence design process leads to low productivity, prolonged duration and decreased value of the design solution. (4) It is possible and worthwhile to enforce (through measurements and managerial control) the realization of the optimal or near optimal sequence. These hypotheses are theoretically grounded and empirically justified through results from case studies and experimentations. Associated methods, like the Design Structure Matrix and the Last Planner, are presented. KW - design management; design structure matrix; short term planning; concurrent engineering PB - T2 - 5th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction DA - 1997/07/16 CY - Gold Coast, Australia L1 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/27/pdf L2 - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/27 N1 - Export Date: 29 March 2024 DB - IGLC.net DP - IGLC LA - English ER -