TY  - CONF
TI  - Exploring the Lean Briefing Process for Effective Design Management
AU  - El.Reifi, M. H.
AU  - Emmitt, S.
AU  - Ruikar, K.
AD  - Research Student, School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom, Phone +44 1509 223981, M.H.El-Reifi@lboro.ac.uk
AD  - Professor, School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom, Phone +44 1509 222815, S.Emmitt@lboro.ac.uk
AD  - Senior lecturer, School of Civil and Building Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough LE11 3TU, United Kingdom, Phone +44 1509 223774, k.d.ruikar@lboro.ac.uk
ED  - Kalsaas, Bo Terje
ED  - Koskela, Lauri
ED  - Saurin, Tarcisio Abreu
PY  - 2014
DA  - 2014/06/25
T2  - 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Oslo, Norway
SP  - 413
EP  - 424
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - Exposing, articulating, understanding, defining and managing client requirements play important roles in project initiation, an essential component of design management. This study explores current briefing practices in the UK via interviews with eleven experienced practitioners. Analysis of the rich interview data revealed inefficiencies in briefing, which were related to the absence of an appropriate briefing roadmap, and uncertainty in terms of the concept of a brief. There was a desire from the interviewees for a better, more efficient and structured approach to briefing. Although none of those interviewed were working with lean tools, they were open to discussing lean principles and were keen to know how they could be applied. Thus this paper concludes with a lean briefing perception and a preliminary lean briefing approach, which is proposed as an alternative novel approach for effective design management. The study provides unique insights into the briefing process and contributes to the theoretical understanding and practical implementation of lean design management in AEC.
KW  - Briefing Practices
KW  - Client Requirements
KW  - Lean Briefing Processes
KW  - Lean Design Management
KW  - Value Stream.
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1011/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1011
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -