TY  - CONF
TI  - Influence of Last Planner® System Adoption Level on Project Management and Communication
AU  - Lagos, Camilo I.
AU  - Herrera, Rodrigo F.
AU  - Muñoz, Javiera
AU  - Alarcón, Luis F.
AD  - Ph.D.(c) Production Management Centre, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, colagos@uc.cl, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0648-0039
AD  - Ph.D. Professor, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, rodrigo.herrera@pucv.cl, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5186-3154
AD  - Student, Universidad de Talca Chile, javmunoz14@alumnos.utalca.cl, https://orcid.org/0000-0002- 8725-506X
AD  - Ph.D. Professor, Production Management Centre, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile,  lalarcon@ing.puc.cl, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9277-2272
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/07/27
T2  - Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
C3  - Proc. 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction (IGLC)
CY  - Edmonton, Canada
SP  - 211
EP  - 222
DO  - 10.24928/2022/0124
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - Construction projects require complex management of people, resources and goals. The Last Planner® System (LPS) provides a systematic framework based on short cycles of work preparation, commitment, and control to allow implementing corrective actions. Successful LPS implementations require the combination of homogeneous mature practices and efficient horizontal collaboration. Nevertheless, partial implementations prevent liking collaboration through mid-term planning, the make-ready process and short-term work-flow stabilization. Therefore, this study aims to assess the relationship and cross-impacts of LPS adoption levels, team collaboration and project performance through an in-depth comparison of two Chilean case-study projects. LPS adoption was measured through a 50 items survey applied to 10 key actors in each project and collaboration was captured through Social Network Analysis (SNA) applied to general interaction, planning, problem-solving, feedback, learning, and leadership surveys answered by all last planners in each project. Also, each project was monitored for at least 18 weeks to capture their Percent Plan Complete (PPC), Reasons for Noncompliance (RNCs) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI). The results, consistent with previous literature, showed that mature LPS adoption significantly aids collaboration and performance.
KW  - Last Planner® System
KW  - collaboration
KW  - social network analysis
KW  - make-ready planning
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1958/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1958
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -