Lean Design

Lean Design Management

Lean design management provides a set of specific management tools for the design phase, mainly focused on construction projects. The philosophy behind Lean Design management is derived from Lean Construction, that focuses on two main values: Minimizing waste, and creating work flow. Lean Design however has a broader focus, with the emphasis on translating values and visions to a concrete project, securing maximum value for clients and providing a realistic and constructable solution for contractors.

This is done through six different types of workshops:

Cooperation

Vision

Realism

Criticsism

Design phase

Constructability

Execution.

For the workshops, Lean design management provides different tools and recommendations as: Target costing, Photo Safari, dialogue recommendations for contracters in the early phase and how to implement the Last Planner system in the Design Phase.