TY  - CONF
TI  - The Journey of Lean Construction Theory Review and Reinterpretation
C1  - Fortaleza, Brazil
C3  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
SP  - 125
EP  - 132
PY  - 2013
AU  - Biton, Nelson
AU  - Howell, Gregory
AD  - Nelson Biton, Project Manager, Searlbridge Joint Venture, at Unki Mine, an Anglo American company, Zimbabwe. nelson.biton@gmail.com
AD  - Lean Construction Institute, United States of America, Ghowell@Leanconstruction.org
ED  - Formoso, Carlos Torres
ED  - Tzortzopoulos, Patricia 
AB  - The theory supporting Lean Construction has been developing since the early 1990s. The result is a set of conceptual foundations, fundamental principles, basic practices and a more or less common vocabulary. These developments challenge the foundations, principles and practices of traditional project management. The lack of a coherent underlying theory of traditional project management in three areas has led to the current problems in the construction industry. Lean Construction is an innovation that was provoked by the inability of traditional practice to solve a set of common and repeating problems on projects. Lean Construction has evolved and developed from Koskela’s seminal work. He proposed a coherent theory that applied concepts and practices from Toyota Production System. This paper traces the journey of Lean Construction theory from its inception by drawing on the work of leading thinkers such as Koskela, Ballard, and Bertelsen and then looks forward to the emerging field of complexity theory and its relationship to projects. The aim here is to explain key developments in theory of Lean Construction and where it is headed.
KW  - Lean Construction theory
KW  - complex systems
KW  - project management
KW  - and Cynefin framework.
PB  - 
T2  - 21th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
DA  - 2013/07/31
CY  - Fortaleza, Brazil
L1  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/878/pdf
L2  - http://iglc.net/Papers/Details/878
N1  - Export Date: 19 April 2024
DB  - IGLC.net
DP  - IGLC
LA  - English
ER  -