TY - CONF TI - Is Agile Project Management Applicable to Construction? AU - Owen, Robert AU - Koskela, Lauri AU - Henrich, Guilherme AU - Codinhoto, Ricardo AD - PhD ‘Candidate, Phone +44 161 295 4143, r.l.owen@pgr.salford.ac.uk AD - Professor, Phone +44 161 295 7960, l.j.koskela@salford.ac.uk AD - PhD Candidate, Phone +44 161 295 4143, g.henrich@pgr.salford.ac.uk AD - Research Assistant, Phone +44 161 295 4284, r.codinhoto@salford.ac.uk PY - 2006 DA - 2006/01/01 T2 - 14th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction C3 - 14th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction CY - Santiago, Chile SP - 51 EP - 66 AB - This paper briefly summarises the evolution of Agile Project Management (APM) and differentiates it from lean and agile production and ‘leagile’ construction. The significant benefits being realized through employment of APM within the information systems industry are stated. The characteristics of APM are explored, including: philosophy, organizational attitudes and practices, planning, execution and control and learning. Finally, APM is subjectively assessed as to its potential contribution to the pre-design, design and construction phases. In conclusion, it is assessed that APM offers considerable potential for application in pre- design and design but that there are significant hurdles to its adoption in the actual construction phase. Should these be overcome, APM offers benefits well beyond any individual project. KW - Agile KW - Project Management KW - Construction L1 - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/439/pdf UR - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/439 DB - IGLC.net LA - English N1 - Export date: 04 October 2026 ER -