Leading Lean: Building a New House Report 2022

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Leading Lean: Building a New House
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Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................2
1. Selection of the Project Management Processes.............................................................2
1.1. Finalization of Clients’ Requirements......................................................................3
1.2. Ensuring communication with the stakeholders.......................................................4
1.3. Managing the Vendors and the Sub contractors.......................................................6
2. Implementation of Lean Best Practices...........................................................................6
2.1. Implementation of Lean for Finalization of Clients’ Requirements.........................7
2.2. Implementation of Lean for Communication with the Stakeholders........................7
2.3. Implementation of Lean for managing the Vendors and Sub contractors................8
Conclusion...........................................................................................................................9
References..........................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
The report discusses the case of implementation of lean project management practices for
building the dream home of a client. The budget proposed for construction of the dream home of
the client is AUD$500,000. The time allocated for completion of the project of house building
for the client is 12 months. The aim of the report is to select the appropriate project management
(PM) processes that can help in easier implementation of the dream house of the client. In the
section following in the report, evidences are provided for selection of appropriate project
management processes that can significantly help in finalization of the requirements of the
clients, ensuring the communication of the key stakeholders and management of the
subcontractors and the vendors associated with the project. The report will further provide
evidences of employment of the lean best practices for accomplishing the LMP for finalization of
the clients’ requirements, ensuring effective communication with the relevant stakeholders and
for effectively managing the vendors and the subcontractors of the project.
1. Selection of the Project Management Processes
Selecting an effective PM process prior to the start of the project is necessary to plan and
implement the undertaken dream house project in an accurate manner. The project management
processes that is chosen for this particular project is PRINCE2. This approach mainly helps to
seek control on the project environment by reflecting upon the cost, scope, time, risk, quality and
the benefits that can be gathered from a project (Hinde, 2018). PRINCE2 approach is chosen as it
mainly seeks to access the key benefits that are delivered by the project and therefore, this
method would be appropriate for finalization of the requirements of the clients, for ensuring that
effective communication among the stakeholders are maintained and for ensuring that
communication with the stakeholders are managed effectively (Siegelaub, 2017). The PRINCE2
approach is chosen as it continually seeks to assess the key benefits that the project could deliver.
The benefits include that positive outcome from the project is mainly delivered to the advantage
of the stakeholders (Skogmar, 2015). Furthermore, the choice of PRINCE2 approach in a project
provides continued business reasoning for learning from the experience, defining the role and
responsibility of the team members in an effective manner, managing the implementation of the
project by different stages, management of the exceptions and by giving a complete focus on the
products to be developed.

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The PMBOK approach on the other hand is mainly associated with five process groups
which include, initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling and closure. The
PMBOK is mainly based on 10 knowledge areas, 5 process groups and 49 process activities in a
project. The ten knowledge areas in project management is include project integration
management, scope management, schedule, cost and quality management, management of
resources, communication, risks, procurement and stakeholder (Jamali & Oveisi, 2016).
Application of PMBOK in any project requires detailed understanding of all the processes
groups and knowledge areas linked with the project and their and experienced team is necessary.
The development of the undertaken dream house project will make use of PRINCE2
approach as it is a widely accepted standard of project management. The PRINCE2 approach
chosen mainly helps in finalization of the client’s requirements, ensuring communication and
management of the sub-contractors (Meredith, Mantel Jr & Shafer, 2017). In the following
paragraphs, the details of finalization of clients’ requirements, management of the
communication of the significant stakeholders and administration of the subcontractors and the
vendors are discussed.
1.1. Finalization of Clients’ Requirements
To finalize the clients’ requirement, PRINCE2 process is used. The finalization of the
clients’ requirement requires accurate identification of the project scope and the works that are to
be executed as a part of the project (Cooke, 2016). The clients’ requirements are to be finalized
before the development of project plan and for that accurate identification of the scope of the
home building project becomes a necessity. The in scope needs of the house building project is
indicated as follows-
o To develop a feasible design plan for the new house to be build
o To set up an working project team
o To execute the entire project within next 12 months
o To execute the project within a fixed budget of AUD$500,000
o To implement the entire project by enforcing lean project management processes