Implementation of Lean Project Management (LPM)

This document discusses the implementation of lean project management, including the selection and explanation of project management processes, factors leading to the influence over design and layout, and the identification of project stakeholders. It provides insights into choosing a suburb region, deciding over land size, choosing the best builder, and identifying project stakeholders. The document also emphasizes the importance of financial planning, safety management, and future expansion in project design.

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Table of Contents
1. Selection and Explanation of Project Management Processes....................................................2
1.1 Choosing of Suburb Region...................................................................................................2
1.2 Deciding over Land Size.......................................................................................................3
1.2 Choosing of best Builder.......................................................................................................3
1.3 Identification of Project Stakeholders...................................................................................4
2. Factors Leading to the Influence over Design and Layout..........................................................6
2.1 Project Management Processes followed for determining the Design and Layout...............7
3. Ways of Implementation of Lean Best Practices.........................................................................8
References......................................................................................................................................10

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1. Selection and Explanation of Project Management Processes
The management of a project can be defined as a complex process as it deals with
managing different aspects such as development of a project plan and managing each of the
issues in relation to project planning and future success criteria. In order to determine the best
practices of determining every aspect of project, the use of effective method of project
management techniques and methodologies should be need to be considered (Mir & Pinnington,
2014). Based on choosing the proper form of project management strategies and methods, the
Project Management Institute (PMI) had proposed the Project Management Book of Knowledge
(PMBOK).
The PMBOK provides a certain kind of structured approach that helps in the analysis of
the resources, project needs and the scheduling approach to project management. The primary
components within the management of project can be thus discussed as the comprehensive and
effective approach based on project management and other form of subsequent methods.
Managing of the different processes that are followed within the management of project can be
defined as highly crucial in nature. In case of construction projects, there are several involved
tasks, which would require a high expertise knowledge in order to ensure successful achievement
of project ideas.
Construction projects mainly deal with several aspects such as choosing of a location,
signing of contracts with developers, builders and land officials. The construction engineer
would then be permitted to follow different rules based on construction and development of a
proper construction plan that would help the labours to develop and construct the project
(Walker, 2015). Based on the developmental aspect of the construction project, it can be
discussed that the use of a wide range of project management practices as described within the
PMBOK guide would majorly help the construction managers, owners and project managers to
develop the project as per the desired criteria.
1.1 Choosing of Suburb Region
In the case of the present project criteria, it has been discussed that the choosing of the
proper suburb region and deciding the land size would be highly crucial for deciding the later
aspects of the project. The project discusses the aspect of choosing of a location in which a

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construction project based for the purpose of development of a house is being considered. A
proper location would need to be chosen based on aligning with the suitable project management
standards and methodologies (Ramazani & Jergeas, 2015). The choice of the suburb region
should be based on a proper manner based on considering the aspects of cost factors and
considering that the land would be approved by the Keystart initiative. Based on considering the
loan aspects, cost factors, suitability of the suburb region and many others, the region that would
be selected is Highgate. This initiative has been defined and proposed by the Government of
Western Australia.
1.2 Deciding over Land Size
The region is situated at a distance of two kilometres at the north-east direction of Perth
in CBD. The Highgate region is considered as a suburb within the inner part of the city. The
close proximity of the city helps the people to have shorter times of transit. The availability of
public transport is at a distance of seven metres based on driving facilities (Heralova, 2014). The
Highgate region is considered as the most popular region that offers 70% of their residents to
close access to various parklands. 67% of residents residing within the city would also have easy
form of access to facilities based on education, healthcare sectors and market regions. The land
size that would be required to build a suitable room was based on focusing over the fact that
there would be minimum 2 rooms, 1 bathroom and 1 kitchen would incur a land size of 900
square feet. The selection of the land and the consideration of the size would be considered as
one of the most crucial factor for constructing a suitable home (Govindan, Shankar & Kannan,
2016). The facilities that would be available in the surrounding regions should also be considered
during the choosing of home.
1.2 Choosing of best Builder
The PMBOK guide mainly deals with the recognition of different standards based on
project management practices that would fit within the industry and help in successful
accomplishment of project standards. The PMBOK guide helps in successful management of
project lifecycle from the initiation stage till its completion. It helps in describing various
processes that would often adopted by managers for managing the idea of construction (Mention,
2018). The PMBOK guide provides different kind of knowledge areas with respect to
management of human resources within the project. Based on the development of the idea for

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procuring human resources, it would highly help for understanding the ways in which the
projects would be designed.
In the case of the concerned project based on choosing of a suitable location and building
of a home, the most important factor would be to procure a builder. The choosing of the best
builder, who have a high reputation in the construction market would need to be chosen in order
to help in developing the best form of housing plans. Based on understanding the aspects of
home development, it can be understood that Keystart initiative would be playing a major role
for supplying and assisting with the human resources. The Keystart initiative would have a broad
of building team that would also comprise of several efficient builders who would help in
building the dream home project (Chen et al., 2015). Based on designing the dream home
project, Ventura Home Group would be contracted by the owners who would assist the owners to
build the home. The Ventura Home Group has a high reputation in the market based on building
the largest homes in Perth and Western Australia. They have also won several awards. Hence,
considering the prospects of the building of the dream home, Ventura Home Group would be
highly suitable for development of the project.
The policies based on providing mortgage facilities for home insurance are managed by
the loan approval section within the Keystart initiative. Hence, the best builder have thus been
chosen based on considering each of the key aspects outline within the PMBOK. Before the
selection of the builder, a proper management of cost factors would also be required. In the case
of the concerned project based on signing deals before the land would be contracted and the
work of construction would begin (Gehbauer, Ballard & Leonova, 2017). After the costs for the
development of the home would have been secured by the owner, a land contract would need to
be signed with the land developer. During this part of the project, an initial deposit of AUD $
2000 would need to be made. After the land contract have been approved by the land developer,
a Pre-Work Construction (PWC) contract would be signed by the builder and owner. During the
signing of contract, a deposit if AUD $ 2000 would be required. The discussed approvals based
on financial aspects that would be made could be discussed as highly crucial before proceeding
over the construction work made over the project.

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1.3 Identification of Project Stakeholders
A project is considered as successful when it would achieve the desired objectives and
meet with the aims that have been proposed by the owner proposing the project. Project
stakeholders are considered as those individuals who would have certain kind of interest within
the project and would also be directly or indirectly related with the project. The project
stakeholders who would be involve within any project would be actively involved with the
management of different project aspects (Mok, Shen & Yang, 2015). Positive impacts or results
affecting towards the project would majorly put an impact to the stakeholders.
The project sponsor, who is generally considered as a major entity within an organization
would be responsible for assigning of resources and making important decisions during the
construction phases. In relation to the construction project of building a dream home, the
different stakeholders that would be involved are material suppliers, contractors, subcontractors
and customers (Aapaoja & Haapasalo, 2014). Another major stakeholder involved with the
discussed construction project is the Keystart initiative who would be responsible for providing
loan facility to the customers who would wish to purchase land and build homes. The selection
of the right kind of stakeholders within the project would be considered as highly important. The
knowledge about the selection the right kind of stakeholders could be gathered from the PMBOK
guide within the section of human resource management of the concerned project.
In the case of the discussed project, the goods that would be supplied for building a
dream home would be procured from outside construction material suppliers. In the project
management based on building a dream home, the bricks, mortar, nails, lumber and other
materials should be selected and purchased from trusted sources (Heravi, Coffey &
Trigunarsyah, 2015). Another criteria that would be critical to be considered is based on the
supplied goods, which should be purchased from trusted sources. If the supply of construction
goods would be delivered in short supplies or they would be delivered late or might be delivered
in poor quality, then the price would not be worth for the pay and thus the project might inflict
negative future outcomes. Depending on the development of the home project, the relationship
between the suppliers and managing contractor would develop and thus it would lead to
development of a successful project outcome (Williams, 2016). A sophisticated form of skill set

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would also be required based on the purpose of managing different kind of conflicts, negotiation
regarding prices and other kind of interpersonal skills.
The Quality of Service (QoS) is defined as one of the most important criteria based on the
work performed by various stakeholders who are directly involved within the project. In the case
of the building of the dream home project, it can be discussed that the work of the labours would
be highly be checked for the purpose of checking quality (Sunindijo, Hadikusumo &
Phangchunun, 2014). Any kind of inconsistency within work should be highly considered and
thus the work of stakeholders involved within the project should be acknowledged based on the
success over the project.
2. Factors Leading to the Influence over Design and Layout
There are various kind of factors that lead to a proper kind of development standards
based on which the layout and design of the home would depend. Different considerations in
relation to safety management and financial management of various aspects within the project
would be highly crucial for developing a successful project and delivering proper outcomes
(Miller & Doh, 2015). In order to design a successful project, the consideration based on
financial planning would be considered as highly helpful.
During the planning of financial aspects, the construction manager should prepare an
entire layout of the project by defining the allocation of funds in each phases of the project. The
breakdown of financial planning over each of the phases during the construction works would be
a huge help for the owners as they would request for loans from Keystart initiative. On the other
hand, the construction manager involved within the project should also consider the safety aspect
for the workers (O’Connor, O’Brien & Choi, 2014). Construction projects might incur safety
related risks in various situations. Hence, a first aid service provider should also be contacted in
case of any form of emergency.
Different other factors that might put an influence over the layout and design of the home
project are:
1. Ease of Change and Future Expansion – The house should also be considered in
such a manner that it would have scope of some kind of modification in the future. The owners
of the project should consider the aspect of future expansion of the house and hence should be

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responsible for assisting the construction manager during planning of designs for the project.
Flexible kind of design approaches should also be selected during the planning phase (Lines et
al., 2015). This kind of flexible approach towards the design would majorly help the owners to
redesign the house in the future.
2. Handling of goods and materials – During the construction phases, there would be a
large scale procurement of goods and materials in relation to construction work. The construction
manager should be responsible for looking into the type of materials, which are procured
(Gulghane & Khandve, 2015). They should also consider the aspect of quality for the procured
goods.
3. Management of Cost Factors – During the selection of land, the cost for the land
based on the different available factors should be considered and managed. Other factors of cost
include the planning for the supply of goods and other factors should also be managed.
4. Site Suitability – The land that would be chosen before purchasing should be selected
based on consideration of different factors. This includes the future prospects, sustainability of
land, natural resources and many others. The long term planning based on different supply of
amenities, environmental conditions and local stability factors would also be highly considered.
Each of the planning in consideration based on the room layout and the interior planning
should be considered and planned after proper kind of consultation with owners (Wang et al.,
2014). These owners would have an idea of the kind of interior designs that would be made
within the home. Hence, they could highly help in suggesting the best kind of design approaches.
The proper kind of designs for the windows, doors and facilities such as electricity, plumbing
and many others would need to have a high planning management strategy.
2.1 Project Management Processes followed for determining the Design and Layout
During the planning of the above factors that need to be highly considered, the project
management processes that would be used are discussed as follows:
1. Project planning approach – The planning approach towards the design over the
construction would need to be planned based on properly communicating and collaborating with
the owners who had proposed the project idea (Thamhain, 2014).

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2. Cost Management – Every kind of cost needs to be considered and structured
properly. This would be helpful in requesting of loans from the Keystart initiative as the owners
would have to show the relevant documents in order to request for loan approval.
3. Effective communication methods – Effective methods of communication would be
considered as highly important during planning and executing the project (Hazır, 2015). Hence,
the construction managers working over the project should effectively manage each of the
communication over the work progress with the owners.
4. Management of Project Phases – Each of the phases involved within the project
should be carefully and effectively be managed by the construction manager and thus should be
reported to the project manager. Each of the phases should be checked for quality prospects and
only after a proper kind of quality check, it should then be approved.
5. Planning and Project Control – A proper planning of each of the project phases
needs to be planned in order to maintain the control over the project (Liu, Wang & Wilkinson,
2016). The project manager should also consider the different assumptions for the project and
should also assume the risks that could affect towards the project. Based on considering over
these aspects, they would be helped in planning for a successful outcome.
3. Ways of Implementation of Lean Best Practices
Different project management practices that have been developed and planned by
efficient project managers are aligned with the best practices of LPM. In case of the planned
initiative, some of explanations for achieving lean project management that could be involved in
the current project management are:
1. Elimination of Wastes – Different kind of wastes, if produced during the work should
be eliminated. This would majorly help in building a secure working culture and thus help in
successful project development standard.
2. Continuous Improvement – A culture based on continuous improvement needs to be
implemented (Wandahl, 2014). This would help the labours to identify the gaps within their
work and thus bring improvements towards their work.

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3. Organizing – Organizing of the workloads and different aspects of developments
should be aligned and organized in a proper manner. This would help
labours to develop the project in a structured and organized manner.
4. Safety Measures – These measures are considered to be highly important based on
assigning work to labours. Hence, safety requirements should be critical to implement during the
construction phase.
5. Tracking Metrics – Measurement of individual project phases is considered as highly
important based on tracking of metrics. These metrics are highly important for determining the
best kind of outputs that would be supported after project completion.

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