Apply lean principles to your next architectural project and improve your bottom line with the help of this practical volume
Lean Architecture: Excellence in Project Delivery shows readers a path to improve their project delivery via the application of lean concepts and process management. Authors Michael Czap and Gregory Buchanan challenge readers to reexamine their approach to architectural practice and projects by presenting a unique and compelling alternative.
Lean Architecture details the crucial metrics and implementation strategies that combine to improve the efficiency and profitability of projects taken on by firms of all sizes. Readers will learn to:
- Maximize the use of their resources to deliver superior results in less time
- Minimize waste, cost, and inefficiency in their firm’s operations
- Move between radically different project scales while retaining efficient and effective processes
Lean Architecture is perfect for firm leaders, project managers, and project architects who seek to improve their ability to deliver better results while reducing their cost base. Students, designers and emerging professionals will also benefit by learning key principles for more effectively executing design ideas.
Author(s): Michael F. Czap, Gregory T. Buchanan
Publisher: Wiley
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 347
City: Hoboken
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Part I Building Blocks for a Lean Practice
Chapter 1 A Profession Ripe for Change
An Evolving Profession
Where We Are Today
The Primary Objective
Chapter 2 Process Management Explained
Process Management
Lean
Six Sigma
Theory of Constraints
TRIZ
Summary
References
Chapter 3 The Design Firm's Problem
The Kind of Problem
Buildings Are an Organized Complexity
Diving Deeper
Summary
Reference
Chapter 4 Lean Architecture
3 Goals
Productivity and Quality
Resolve
Challenges
Summary
References
Chapter 5 Learning from Detroit: Influences from Lean Manufacturing
Western Manufacturing Compared with Japanese Lean Manufacturing
Backgrounder 5.1 Process Management Evolution in the US Manufacturing Industry
The Design and Construction Industry Is Not Mass Production
Learning from Detroit
Backgrounder 5.2 Constructability
Reference
Part II Areas of Strategic Focus with Applications
Chapter 6 Lean Management for Architects
The Game
Find the Money
Don't Fight the Chain
Choreograph the Work
Learning from Detroit: Influences from Lean Manufacturing
We Really Do Need Each Other
Manage Your Money
Backgrounder 6.2 Financial Metrics
The Costs of Doing Business
When Fees No Longer Matter
References
Resource Material
Chapter 7 Strategic Areas
Accelerate Decision‐Making
Effective Communication
Strategic Modeling
Targeted Reviews
Reference
Resource Material
Chapter 8 Streamlining Documentation
Working Smarter
Impacts from the Adaption of Technology
Redundancy
Managing Variation
Leveraging Graphics and Text for Increased Understanding
Working in Context
Collective Processes
Prototypical System Sheets
Systems Packets
Cartoon Sets – Are They Relevant Anymore?
The Project Manual
Construction Administration
Practical Goals for Documentation
Resource Material
Part III Implementing Lean
Chapter 9 Rethinking Your Firm
Change
A Recipe for Success
Lean in Daily Practice
Resistance
Backgrounder 9.1 Can Design Process Be Lean?
Implementation
Developing Resources
Developing and Sharing Knowledge
Backgrounder 9.2 Knowledge Management
Developing Tools
Importance of Training
Summary
References
Resource Material
Chapter 10 Role of Technology
Shifting Paradigms
Technology
Effective Use of Technology
Part IV Final Words and Advice
Chapter 11 More Than an Initiative
Nonnegotiables
Permission to Think Lean and Do the Stuff
Appendix
Index
EULA
