...Research on Lean Project Management Research on Lean Project Management Summary This report explains theories and assumptions of current project management methods, and compares it to the Lean Production Delivery System (LPDS) by showing advantages and disadvantages of each method. This report also includes how the LPDS is more efficient than other methods by eliminating wastes and save cost and duration. Introduction: Client needs nowadays are getting more stylish due to the continuous new challenges in the environment, economy, technology and society for the necessity of creating or upgrading new projects. Meeting these requirements involves changing old methods in managing projects into new ones which are more essential to meet the needs of the market. Moreover, new concepts have been considered in addition for the time, cost and quality to guaranty the success of a project. Many new concepts could be presented for production management, but the Lean Production Delivery System (LPDS) is one of the most successful practices concerning the development of project management. For this matter, this report will include an investigation and discussion comparing the advantages and disadvantages of current project management methods and Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS). Current project management methods, Advantages and Disadvantages: ...
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...Research on Lean Project Management Summary This report explains theories and assumptions of current project management methods, and compares it to the Lean Production Delivery System (LPDS) by showing advantages and disadvantages of each method. This report also includes how the LPDS is more efficient than other methods by eliminating wastes and save cost and duration. Introduction: Client needs nowadays are getting more stylish due to the continuous new challenges in the environment, economy, technology and society for the necessity of creating or upgrading new projects. Meeting these requirements involves changing old methods in managing projects into new ones which are more essential to meet the needs of the market. Moreover, new concepts have been considered in addition for the time, cost and quality to guaranty the success of a project. Many new concepts could be presented for production management, but the Lean Production Delivery System (LPDS) is one of the most successful practices concerning the development of project management. For this matter, this report will include an investigation and discussion comparing the advantages and disadvantages of current project management methods and Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS). Current project management methods, Advantages and Disadvantages: As described in the text, ―Project Management is the application of knowledge, skills...
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...A LEAN PLAN Green Acres will identify a Lean Operations Plan and ways to reduce or the wastes produced in our production or project and service development. To be lean: • Identify customers and specify value, recognize that even a small fraction of our efforts and time adds value for the end customer. • Identify the value stream – the entire set of activities through the stages of our Neighborhood Designs project – and create flow by eliminating wastes. The value stream represents the end-to-end process that delivers value to the customer. • Produce only the products that the customer wants. Value depends of customer's desires and is pulled from the provider by the customer. • Pursue perfection – every action and asset adds value for the end customer. There are several potential wastes involved in the areas of production, project and service development. The first is waiting – long intervals between operations – which would cause a loss of time and add costs if a lot of units of the Neighborhood remain vacant. Another is transportation, as it is an additional concern for our processes, incurs cost and adds no value to the operation. Unnecessary Inventory could also affect our operation or performance. The negative impact on agricultural lands of the project, too, will also add a high cost to the project. Finally, we intend to support the reduction of the burning of fossil fuels by reducing the need for automobiles. (cardiff.ac.uk), (Maltzman 180). Plan...
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...LEAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT Assessment of project risk management processes NEUS ALCARAZ BOSCÀ Master of Science Thesis Stockholm, Sweden 2012LEAN PROJECT MANAGEMENT Assessment of project risk management processes by Neus Alcaraz Boscà Master of Science Thesis INDEK 2012:36 KTH Industrial Engineering and Management Industrial Management SE-100 44 STOCKHOLMi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Firstly, I would like to thank my supervisor, Johann Packendorff, from the School of Industrial Engineering and Management at the Royal Institute of Technology, for accepting me in his department and for giving me good and useful guide. Secondly, thanks to all my family for being during all this year at the other side of the screen making me much easier the way. Especially, thanks to my sister, Maria, for spending some of her spare time giving me very good advice in the writing of this thesis, and above all, for being such a good example of effort and overcoming during my entire life. Thanks to Marcos, for being always so kind with me, and forsupporting me not only this year but also all these years of study. Finally, I would like to thank all my friends for having always something fun to tell, cheering my day up despite being so far. Thanks especially to Pau and Lidia for coming to visit us and spend wonderful days together, and also to Marta, Patri and Ceci for being always there to me. I would like to dedicate this thesis project to my grandma, for having taken such good...
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...This report analyses the current project management methodologies and the lean system and also explains the importance of the lean delivery system with the advantages and disadvantages comparing to the current methods used in the project management practice. Projects are completed by project management methodologies and lean management system. Generally Project management methodologies are the various ways in which projects are initiated, planned, and executed unto completion. For different type of industrial projects and for different types of projects, there are certain specific management methodologies that are currently in use such as the traditional methods or the critical chain method that are to be used. The Lean Project Delivery System has emerged from the theoretical and practical Investigations, the process of on-going development, reducing the forms of waste in the process to get the desired product with high customer satisfaction. Introduction Project: A project is a unique endeavour to produce the desired product within the specified time given, set of constraints-cost and quality. Project management: Project Management: Project management can be defined as the process which is disciplined to involves the skills, tools management and the required management techniques to complete a project successfully There are some current management methods for project management; one of the main methods is traditional project management method which sorely based on step...
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...CASE STUDY OF PARTNERING IN LEAN CONSTRUCTION Per Erik Eriksson Management and Business Administration, Luleå University of Technology ABSTRACT Lean construction is a relatively immature literature field in need of unbiased theoretical reasoning and case studies in order to investigate how lean thinking can be applied in a construction project context. The purpose of this paper is to increase the understanding of how various measures of lean thinking can be implemented in a construction project and how these measures work. In order to enhance unbiased theoretical reasoning a frame of reference is first developed through a literature review of peer-reviewed journal articles. The empirical part of the research utilises a lean construction pilot project as a case study. Empirical data was mainly collected through a series of three questionnaire surveys, responded by project participants that were involved in the lean implementation effort (approximately 30 responses) and three follow-up workshops in which the key individuals from all partner companies participated (15-20 individuals). The author of this paper functioned as a facilitator and action researcher, responsible for the design and analysis of the surveys and for planning and facilitating the workshops. Document studies and interviews of twelve project participants were also conducted in order to increase the richness of the case study data. The empirical results show that many of the lean related measures identified in...
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...Technology, Sydney Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 49002 Managing Projects Assignment 1 – Research on Lean Project Management Task Write a research-focused report that investigates and discusses how the principles, theory, processes and tools of Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS) can be applied to current project management practices. This is an individual assignment for both Standard and Distance Mode students. Overview There are several global trends, particularly rapid rates of change in technological, social, environmental and economic areas, that expose the inherent difficulties in meeting increasingly stringent clients’ needs. Project-based initiatives have been increasingly used as a very good way to deal with rapid rates of change, with a large effort to disseminate project management as a standard way to deliver increasingly sophisticated products. However, the strong emphasis on time, cost and quality may not necessarily ensure that rapid and constantly changing needs can be adequately and comprehensively addressed. Of all the approaches to production management, the theory and principles drawn from Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS) seem to be best suited for enhancing project management practices. You will investigate and discuss how the application of lean approaches, such as lean construction, lean manufacturing and lean thinking, to the management of projects and production address these concerns and enhance the value that is delivered...
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...Summary More than ever before, the project management becomes a matter of concern. Through applying the various types of managerial methods, processes and tools, the project can results in different profits. Due to the intense competition of market, an emerging system has been created, called the Lean Production Delivery System. In the report, it investigates, analyzes and discusses the methods, processes and tools in current project management approaches and LPDS. Through the comparison of them, the report concludes that the traditional project management is steady and reliable, still the main stream for the current environment. Furthermore, the LPDS is modern and excellent, but it is open to question. Introduction In recent decades, project management plays an essential role in various areas, from the architecture, national defense, and aerospace to the computer, telecommunications, financial industry and even government agencies. Project management developed after the Second World War as one of the new management technologies, organized in the United States. It is defined as that the project managers use the systematic views, methods and theories to effectively manage and operate all the works involved the project, under the condition of limited resource. In other words, project management is planning, organizing, conducting, coordinating, controlling and evaluating from the start of invested...
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...………………………………………………………………………… 4 Part A2 The machine tool overhaul project Network diagram …………………………………………………………………….. 5 Part B Lean Concept: Value Stream Mapping (VSM) 1. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………..… 5 2. What is Value Stream Mapping ……………...…………………...………………. 5 3. Why Choose VSM and What Are The Benefits ……….…………………...…….. 6 4. Criticism of VSM …………………………………………………………………. 6 5. Conclusion ………………………………………………………………...………. 7 Reference …………………………………………………………………………….. 8 Part A1 Network Diagram: AoA or AoN? 1. Introduction The network diagram provides project managers with information about how the tasks are connected, how long will each task takes and shows all the tasks in the sequential or concurrent way (Taylor, 2008). There are two common methods for constructing network diagrams which are activity-on-arrow (AoA) and activity-on-node (AoN). However, these two methods have some fundamental differences and in practice, the question that which is better, has been asked on many occasions. Hence, this part of essay will analyze the differences between AoA and AoN and carry out some research that why they are different. In addition, these two choices of network diagrams will be illustrated under the academic circumstance and finally, end up with conclusion. 2. Comparison between AoA and AoN Activity-on-arrow diagram provides project planners with a useful tool to express the logical process of work plan for their project. For example, due to AoA diagrams use arrows...
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...Project Management Fall 2012 Search the internet for terms project management, project management careers, project portfolio management, information technology project management. Write down the number hits that you received for each of these phrases find at least 3 web sites that provide interesting information on one of the topics write a two page paper summarizing key information about these 3 web sites as well as project management institution’s Web site (www.pmi.org). Gant charts were dominantly used in the beggings of project management however in the 1950’s Entire jobs and professional careers were made around the idea of a “project manager”. Now in beginning of the 21st century technology has revolutionized the field of project management once again. My research and search results have shown that Project Management Jobs have sustained demand over the last 8 years compared to the general field of technology jobs which has seen steep decline since 2004. Google Trends Analysis One of the articles I had read form InformationWeek was titled “Project management Gets Lean” (IT can't afford to do projects the old way. Lean project management gives a better picture of success or failure.) In this article they explain a scenario where workers feel like projects are happening to them and not because of them. The article goes on to say that, Project managers can get so wrapped up in Gantt chars and forecasting that they often don’t look at the overall picture and this can...
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...A Lean Start James Swisher, PE Vice President, Project Management & Continuous Improvement Mary Washington Healthcare, Fredericksburg, VA Agenda • • • • • • Background Roadmaps Planning for Lean Self Training Lean Leaders Monthly Meeting Agenda • • • • • • • Yellow Belt Program Results What’s Worked Well Challenges Lessons Learned In Progress / Future Management Buy-in Background – Health System • Mary Washington Healthcare (MWHC) – Since 1899 • Over 40 facilities and services – Mary Washington Hospital – 437 beds – Stafford Hospital – 100 beds – Emergency and Outpatient Center – Snowden at Fredericksburg – Women’s Health Institute • Approximately 5,000 employees Background – Project Management • Consultant engagement – Lean projects identified • Project Management & Continuous Improvement (PMCI) – September 2010 – Project Management Office – Industrial Engineer/Lean Expert • Corporate Efficiency & Operations Committee • Leadership Commitment to Lean – Executive Leadership Training, July 2011 – Executive Office Training, 2011 Envisioned Roadmap for Lean Consultants identify projects PMCI created with initial staff Associates trained as Lean Leaders & Lean Master Leaders Lean Leaders paired with projects Ongoing Lean communication and education to the Organization Planning for Lean • Lean Training Research – Multiple national providers – Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) • Trainee Selection • Lean Green Belt Certification...
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...Lean Project Management A research of Lean Production Delivery Systems on methods, processes and tools Zhiyuan Wang Author Note This report answers topic three This report was prepared for 49002 Project Management, taught by Elizabeth Bourke Abstract Current project management practices been found that have inherent difficulties in meeting increasingly stringent clients’ needs. However, it seems that the theories and principles of Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS) are the best approaches of all sorts of management theories. This assignment makes a brief Investigates and discusses of LPDS and analyses how to apply the principles, theories, processes and tools to current project management practices. This assignment concentrates on topic three and compares the difference between current and LPDS approaches in methods, processes and tools. Lean Project Management A research of Lean Production Delivery Systems on methods, processes and tools Background Before people name it Lean Production Delivery Systems1 (LPDS), many American experts call it TPS which is short for Toyota Production System (Womack et al., 1990). This production system been called as just-in-time production at the beginning state. It was created and developed by the founder of Toyota, in order to gain higher quality and lower cost, in the 1950 s. This production system became famous and been paid more attention by experts when Toyota made much profit during 1970s economic crisis while other...
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...Discuss the project plan: The lean management program is designed to improve employee productivity and customer satisfaction in our blood and urine laboratory by renovating the existing laboratory space and implementing new standards. This will be done in several different ways, the first is by renovating the storage area to provide more storage overall while at the same time removing a dangerous habit of the laboratory staff by over-stocking the inadequate shelving units that are located in the storage area. This poses not only a risk of injury but is also against OSHA regulations of “stacking items on shelving units within eighteen inches of the ceiling”. The second way that this will help improve employee productivy is by reducing the amount of time it takes to retrieve needed supplies, by streamline the storage process it will remove wasted time that it takes for laboratory technicians to retrieve the supplies needed. Buissness case: The current case of affairs is for customers to enter the laboratory and retrieve a ticket number from the counter, when their ticket is called they are processed at the front desk then moved to another waiting area. Once they are next in line they are taken to an individual curtained off room and a technician finds out if they are there for a blood draw or a urine sample. The technician then retrieves the needed supplies and returns to the customer who then provides the needed sample. The technician then labels the specimen and takes it...
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...Technology, Sydney Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology 49002 Managing Projects Assignment 1 – Research on Lean Project Management Task Write a research-focused report that investigates and discusses how the principles, theory, processes and tools of Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS) can be applied to current project management practices. This is an individual assignment for both Standard and Distance Mode students. Overview There are several global trends, particularly rapid rates of change in technological, social, environmental and economic areas, that expose the inherent difficulties in meeting increasingly stringent clients’ needs. Project-based initiatives have been increasingly used as a very good way to deal with rapid rates of change, with a large effort to disseminate project management as a standard way to deliver increasingly sophisticated products. However, the strong emphasis on time, cost and quality may not necessarily ensure that rapid and constantly changing needs can be adequately and comprehensively addressed. Of all the approaches to production management, the theory and principles drawn from Lean Production Delivery Systems (LPDS) seem to be best suited for enhancing project management practices. You will investigate and discuss how the application of lean approaches, such as lean construction, lean manufacturing and lean thinking, to the management of projects and production address these concerns and enhance the value that is delivered...
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...Agile Project Management White Paper 2 Agile Project Management Contents Foreword by Richard Pharro, CEO, APMG-International Introducing Agile Project Management Relationship with DSDM Atern and Key Differences Comparing Agile Project Management with other agile methodologies Benefits of Agile Project Management Agile Project Management and PRINCE2 – one or the other, or both? Qualifications & Training About APMG-International About the DSDM Consortium 3 4 5 6 8 9 9 10 11 3 Foreword from Richard Pharro, CEO, APMG-International Agile Project Management provides an approach that offers agility but retains the concepts of a project, project delivery and project management. It works alongside more formal project management approaches such as PRINCE2® and complements quality processes such as ISO90001 and CMMI. Agile Project Management enables organizations to gain the benefits of an agile approach without introducing unnecessary risks. This ensures ‘going agile’ becomes a measured and balanced change, keeping what is good in the current organization and retaining existing good practices around project management and delivery whilst gaining the benefits of a more agile way of working. Providing a flexible yet controlled process that can be used to deliver solutions, Agile Project Management combines effective use of people’s knowledge together with techniques such as iterative development and modelling to achieve tight project delivery timescales....
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