31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC 31) - Lille, France - 2023

https://doi.org/10.24928/2023/0235

How to Navigate the Dilemma of Value Delivery: A Value Identification Game

Salam Khalife1 & Farook Hamzeh2

1Ph.D. Candidate, Construction Management, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0003-1907-4547
2Associate Professor, Hole School of Construction Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-3986-9534

Abstract

Delivering value on projects is one of the fundamental concepts in lean construction through the Transformation-Flow-Value (TFV) theory. The concepts of transformation and flow are thoroughly explained through the lean construction literature, and various educational games are offered to support the understanding of the flow concept including work-flow variability, takt time, waste elimination, pull systems, and efficient planning. The concept of value, however, tends to be more complicated where researchers are continuously trying to better understand value delivery on construction projects. The International Group for Lean Construction conference offered research on Target Value Design as well as games to reap knowledge about project value. This paper provides additional support to understand the value concept and its characteristics through a proposed educational simulation game. The game demonstrates how designers identify requirements on projects, how various parties value different things, and how to potentially deal with conflicting requirements. The game helps students and lean practitioners in understanding the process of eliciting perceived value on a project and achieving shared understanding through proper communication between different parties. This would help in managing projects in a way that delivers higher value for the different stakeholders, thus achieving successful projects with higher satisfaction rates.

Keywords

Value and design management, serious games simulations, collaboration, benefits realization.

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Khalife, S. & Hamzeh, F. 2023. How to Navigate the Dilemma of Value Delivery: A Value Identification Game, Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC31) , 663-673. doi.org/10.24928/2023/0235

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