TY  - CONF
TI  - Exploring Visual Management Purposes in Construction Projects
C1  - Lima, Peru
C3  - Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
SP  - 289
EP  - 298
PY  - 2021
DO  - 10.24928/2021/0146
AU  - Brandalise, Fernanda M. P.
AU  - Pedo, Barbara
AU  - Viana, Daniela D.
AU  - Formoso, and Carlos T.
AD  - Ph.D. Candidate, School of Engineering, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, +5551999302604,  fernandampbrandalise@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0001-5126-4741
AD  - Ph.D. Candidate, School of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Huddersfield, UK, b.pedo@hud.ac.uk, orcid.org/0000-0002-6520-0981
AD  - Adjunt Professor, Interdisciplinary Department, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS),  Brazil, danidietz@gmail.com, orcid.org/0000-0001-8958-4708
AD  - Professor, School of Engineering, Building Innovation Research Unit (NORIE), Universidade Federal  do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil, formoso@ufrgs.br, orcid.org/0000-0002-4772-3746
AB  - The application of the lean construction principle of increasing process transparency is the main purpose of Visual Management (VM), a strategy for making information clear and accessible. There are other purposes of VM, such as continuous improvement, job facilitation, and simplification. However, the connections among those purposes are not fully explored in the literature, which limits the current conceptual understanding of VM. The aim of this paper is to propose a conceptual map of the VM purposes in construction projects, based on the analysis of three VM practices. This research study is part of a broader ongoing research project which objective is learning and teaching about VM through a serious game that considers different VM aspects. Design Science Research was the methodological approach adopted in this investigation. The main findings of this study are concerned with some connections between different VM purposes. Some of these purposes are specific, while others are more generic. Moreover, a specific purpose may have a different meaning for each practice, so context analysis plays an important role. Finally, different ways of shared understanding by using VM practices have been identified, such as by adhering to standards or by encouraging collaboration. 
KW  - Visual management
KW  - purpose
KW  - lean construction
KW  - learning
KW  - teaching
PB  - 
T2  - Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
DA  - 2021/07/14
CY  - Lima, Peru
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1863/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/1863
N1  - Export Date: 18 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -