TY  - CONF
TI  - On the Agenda of Design Management Research
AU  - Ballard, Glenn
AU  - Koskela, Lauri
AD  - Research Director, Lean Construction Institute, 4536 Fieldbrook Road, Oakland, CA 94619. Phone: 510/530-8656. E-mail: ballard@ce.berkeley.edu
AD  - Senior Researcher, VTT Building Technology, P.O. Box 1801, FIN-02044 VTT, Finland. Phone: +358-9-456 4556. E-mail: lauri.koskela@vtt.fi
PY  - 1998
DA  - 1998/08/13
T2  - 6th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 6th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Guarujá, Brazil
AB  - We propose an agenda for design management research. That agenda is based on a new conceptual foundation for operations management. Design processes can be conceived in at least three different ways: (1) as a process of converting inputs to outputs, (2) as a flow of materials and information through time and space, and (3) as a process of generating value for customers. All three conceptions are appropriate and necessary. However, the conversion model has been dominant in the AEC (architectural/engineering/construction) industry until very recently. We review current thinking and practice of design management, suggest fundamental hypotheses, then propose an agenda for design management research based on those hypotheses.
KW  - Design management
KW  - concurrent engineering
KW  - value management
KW  - project management
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/38/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/38
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -