https://doi.org/10.24928/2020/0071

Digital Visual Management Tools in Design Management

Bárbara Pedó¹, Fernanda M. P. Brandalise², Daniela D. Viana³, Patricia Tzortzopoulos⁴, Carlos T. Formoso⁵ & Andrew Whitelock-Wainwright⁶

¹1 MSc Student, School of Engineering, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, +44 7576632476, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-6520-0981
²2 PhD Candidate, School of Engineering, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, [email protected], orcid.org/0000- 0001-5126-4741
³Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Department, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0001-8958-4708
⁴Professor, School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield, UK, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-8740-6753
⁵Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, [email protected], orcid.org/0000- 0002-4772-3746
⁶Associate Technical Director, Arcadis, UK, [email protected], orcid.org/0000-0002-0517-3563

Abstract

Managing design often requires a complex organisational structure, due to the large number of internal and external stakeholders involved. That complexity demands an information system to support collaboration and coordination. However, traditional communication approaches only partially comply with the requirements of digital design environments. Visual Management (VM) has the potential to increase process transparency in design and facilitate the information transfer between stakeholders. Nonetheless, there is a lack of effective VM methods to support design management. The aim of this paper is to investigate the adoption of digital VM tools in design management. The paper presents findings of an ongoing research project developed with an infrastructure design company in the UK, following the Design Science Research approach. The main findings include the discussion of VM concepts in a digital design environment, as well as the analysis of existing VM tools which contribute to new ways of working and communicating.

Keywords

Visual management, collaboration, integration, design management, digitalisation

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Reference

Pedó, B. , Brandalise, F. M. P. , Viana, D. D. , Tzortzopoulos, P. , Formoso, C. T. & Whitelock-Wainwright, A. 2020. Digital Visual Management Tools in Design Management , Proc. 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC) , 901-912. doi.org/10.24928/2020/0071

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