TY  - CONF
TI  - Exploring Controlled Experimental Settings for Lean Construction Research
AU  - Wickramasekara, Amila N.
AU  - Gonzalez, Vicente A.
AU  - O’Sullivan, Michael
AU  - Walker, Cameron G.
AU  - Abdelmegid, Mohammed A.
AD  - PhD Student, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, awic135@aucklanduni.ac.nz, orcid.org/0000-0002-4964-3539
AD  - Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Founder and Research Lead  Smart Digital Lab, The University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand, v.gonzalez@auckland.ac.nz, orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3863
AD  - Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Founder and Research Lead  Smart Digital Lab, The University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand, v.gonzalez@auckland.ac.nz, orcid.org/0000-0003-3408-3863
AD  - Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, cameron.walker@auckland.ac.nz, orcid.org/0000-0003-3176-9341
AD  - Professional Teaching Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University  of Auckland, New Zealand, m.abdelmegid@auckland.ac.nz, orcid.org/0000-0001-6205-570X
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/14
T2  - Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
C3  - Proc. 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
CY  - Lima, Peru
SP  - 177
EP  - 186
DO  - 10.24928/2021/0170
AB  - In recent years, an increasing number of research articles have been published to demonstrate the benefits of applying Lean tools using different approaches within the construction domain. However, there is a need to enhance the effectiveness of Lean Construction (LC) research by incorporating it within a controlled experimental environment. Due to the fact that many compound effects impact on the variable(s) of interest, it is challenging to develop controlled experiments in real construction projects. This controlled experimental environment can be achieved by developing a Serious Game-based Experimental Setting (SGES) for construction. For this paper, a literature review was conducted to identify synergies between the Agile Project Management (APM), Design Thinking, Lean Start-up and Design Science Research Methodology (DSRM) for establishing effective SGESs for construction management. We found that little research used Serious Games to establish controlled experiments for construction management. In conclusion, we propose 7 research questions to guide the development of SGESs for construction project management research in future.
KW  - Lean construction
KW  - design science
KW  - integration
KW  - collaboration
KW  - experiments
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1874/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1874
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -