Leading Lean Projects Report: Dream Home Construction Project Analysis

This report, authored by a student, details the application of lean project management principles to a dream home construction project in Australia. The report begins by selecting a suburb and determining land size, utilizing the PRINCE2 methodology to justify decisions based on economic feasibility, transportation, and risk assessment. It then addresses the selection of a builder, focusing on the Simonds group, and identifies direct and indirect stakeholders, outlining their roles and interests. The report further explores the factors influencing the design and layout of the home, again using project management processes. Finally, it emphasizes the implementation of lean best practices throughout the project, aiming for efficient and effective management. The report is structured to provide a comprehensive overview of the project management process from planning to execution, with a strong emphasis on lean methodologies to achieve the desired outcome of building a dream home.

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Leading Lean Projects
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

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Table of Contents
1. Selection and explanation for the project management processes (PRINCE2) for:..........2
a. Choosing the suburb and deciding the land size............................................................2
b. Choosing the best builder...............................................................................................4
c. Identifications of the stakeholders for the project..........................................................5
2. What are the factors that will influence the design and layout of the dream home?
Explanation of the project management processes used to determine the design or layout.. 9
3. Explanation of implementing the lean best practices to achieve lean project management
for the project processes and the stakeholders.....................................................................10
References................................................................................................................................12

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1. Selection and explanation for the project management processes (PRINCE2)
for:
a. Choosing the suburb and deciding the land size
Choosing the appropriate suburb: The idea behind selecting the land for the
decision about the land size for the dream home project would first consider the leading
project management principles considering the lean mechanism in PRINCE2 for the
establishment of the clear idea and the justifications behind choosing the project site.
Beginning the though about the LPM principle would first consider the idea of applying the
LPM principle. The application of the lean project management begins from the primary
mindset of increasing the value of any project and at the same time decreasing the waste in
the process (González et al., 2015). The primary procedure for implementing the PRINCE2
project management methodology in the lean project management procedures would include
the justification in choosing the working behind the project, the ability of the project to
handle the management by exception and at the same time manage one step at a time while
learning from the experiences gathered at the project phases.
PRINCE2 methodology for selecting the suburbs in the suburbs of Australia leads to
the investment to be done much economically with the appropriate cost effectiveness and at
the same time ensures that the affordable investment opportunities are enabling the owner
with the power to ensure the utilization of the resources as less as possible. Getting into a deal
for the land would follow the PRINCE2 methodology, which helps in considering all sorts of
responsibilities before applying the methodologies for the feasible lean project management
and the consideration of the planning phase (Tjell & Bosch-Sijtsema, 2015). According to
PRINCE2, the appropriate suburb that can be selected for the feasible establishment of the
project would be the area of Dallas in Melbourne, Australia. The project planning phase is

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required before choosing the appropriate land following included several points before the
area was considered. This included the following logic behind the choosing of the area:
 Economic feasibility: The area is the cheapest suburb in Australia where the
median price of land is almost 480,00 AUD approximately. According to the
lists provided by the construction reports in Australia, this is the most
affordable suburb in Australia (Fosse & Ballard, 2016).
 Transportation feasibility: Dallas is considered to be the house-haven of
Australia as the area is located at 18 kilometres from the centre of the city and
the facility for transportation is also available at any given instance, where
there would be no hassle in travelling to and from the city.
 Identification of risks related to neighbourhood, natural considerations
and the terrain condition: The area has not yet confirmed any reports about
huge natural calamities or any of the areas which is a feasible form of the
selection of the land area. The terrain condition is naturally feasible and the
natural light and air is readily available (Brioso, 2015). Gaining the insights
about the land quality was also necessary and this helped in gaining the
insights about how the land in Dallas would be feasible for the construction.
Again, this area is found to be belonging to a posh neighbourhood where the
people are reported to be friendly enough and the government facilities are
also available at the ready.
Decision for the land size: Regarding the decision for the ideal land size, it would
have been better if the ideal house size acceptable in Australia is regarded first for taking the
decision about how big or small can the house be built. This is required as according to
PRINCE2, it is essential to find out the house size that is acceptable to the Australian
standards as it would become much risky for the procedure of the construction project to

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begin if the house size is unacceptable at the first place by the Australian standards (Dave et
al., 2015). Therefore, the requirement for the project would be feasible if the land size is
selected near 500 square metres. The area would be feasible to include the house and the
adjoined area along with the construction feasibility plan.
Considering the plan for building the house, a certain amount of the house is also
borrowed in the area from the government, which is about 100 square metres and the land
borrowed has cost about 129,000 AUD in total as per the standard Australian rate for buying
and borrowing pieces of land in 2019 (Babalola, Ibem & Ezema, 2018).
b. Choosing the best builder
Before beginning with the project, it is also essential that the essential establishment
for the decision regarding the builder for the project is also considered. It is extremely
essential to consider a builder for the project and at the same time have a feasible plan ideated
to consider the reliability for the business as well. There are huge possibilities that the
builders that are selected for the project may be falling victim to the ghosting of the builders,
making the project delayed by having the project fall way back behind the schedule (Ansah et
al., 2016). This is why, the researches have been continued to have an extensive idea about
the people associated with house building projects and the reports about their feasibility as
per their online reputation.
For this research as well, there have been extensive researches done as per the online
reputations, the requirement of the project and the cost assured for the project. Considering
all of these factors, it has been found that the most feasible one of all the available builders
that are available in Australia would be the Simonds group. Simonds group has been regarded
as the best home builders on Australia that has been serving several people all around the
country for over the past 60 years (Bajjou, Chafi & En-Nadi, 2017). Not just they have

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established the reputation of being one of the lead builders in Australia but they have also
facilitated in establishing a government registered building and construction related
educational institute called Builders Academy Australia, as well where they train other
construction students in having a successful career in building. This is why, according to the
chosen plan, the Simonds groups can be considered as the best choice for the project.
c. Identifications of the stakeholders for the project
The project plan could not have been established feasibly without having a proper
identification of the people associated with the project and that also includes the people who
are associated directly with the outcome of the project and also the people who are associated
indirectly with the outcome of the project. These people would be considered as the
stakeholder of the project (Walker & Matinheikki, 2020). For this project, the people
associated directly with the outcomes of the project would be considered as the direct
stakeholders of the project and the people associated indirectly with the outcomes of the
project would be considered as the indirect stakeholders of the project.
Following would be identifications and the details about the stakeholders of the
project, irrespective of them being the direct or indirect stakeholders:
Stakeholders Effect of
the
Outcom
e
Reason for being
connected to the
project
Needs of the
stakeholders
Interest
Builder – Simonds
Group
Direct The primary reason
of the builder, which
is Simonds Group, to
be associated to the
project is to build the
house in the first
place. The
The
requirement of
the people or
the team that
would be
associated with
the
The interest
of the
Simonds
group are
high as the
success and
the failure of

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association of the
Simonds group in this
project would be
direct as they are
selected and
appointed by the
clients and the
association would be
solely for the reason
of the contract bound
procedure.
construction
project would
be about the
monetary
needs and the
success of the
project would
be associated
with their own
reputation and
the associated
monetary
gains.
the project is
necessary for
them to have
a proper
establishment
of their own
reputation
and monetary
gains as per
the associated
contract set
between the
clients and
them.
Client Direct The clients or the
people who are
directly associated
with the project for
the construction of
the dream home is
the client themselves
as it is their project to
construct the dream
home in the suburban
area in Australia as
per their
establishment plan
and availability of
monetary and other
associated resources.
The primary
requirement of
the
stakeholders in
this project is
to build the
perfect dream
home for the
people in the
suburban area
of the
Australian
countries. The
project plan
needs to be set
up according to
the Leading
lean Project
management
The interest
of these
stakeholder
regarding the
project is
absolutely
direct as the
primary plan
behind the
setting up of
the plan for
the
management
of this project
is to have a
direct home
loan be
available
without any

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Methodologies
that would
consider the
Project
Management
Methodology
of PRINCE2
while
preparing the
project
management
plan and at the
same time
would consider
the reduction
of project
waste and
increasing the
project value at
the same time
(Nikakhtar et
al., 2015). All
of these are to
make sure that
based on the
feasible project
plan, the
organization of
Keystart would
provide them
with a feasible
plan for the
construction of
the dream
issues from
Keystart and
also the
related
association of
the project
builders and
other
stakeholders
would not
cause any
problem
before
attaining the
home loan
from the
organization.

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home.
Government Indirect The government is
indirectly related to
this project as all the
project plan that is
about to occur with
the construction plan
considering the
leading lean project
management
selecting PRINCE2
as the methodology
would be according
to the standards set
by the government of
Australia.
The needs of
the government
of Australia
related to the
project plan is
to have a clear
view about the
project plan
such that they
could approve
of the plan if
they find it to
be feasibly
considering the
standard set by
the
governmental
rules and
regulations. If
there remain
any
discrepancy,
there would no
longer be any
permission
granted to the
project as long
as the
discrepancy
within the
project plan is
not resolved by
The interest
of the
government
in this
particular
project is
moderately
associated
with the
project plan
as the total
association of
the
government
to the project
is only for the
approval of
the project
plan and
finding out if
they are
associated to
the
governmental
standardized
rules and
regulations.

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appropriate
mitigation
plans.
Land Owner Indirect The land owner is
related to the project
only for providing
approval of buying or
borrowing the land
for the project plan to
begin.
The needs of
this project
stakeholder are
to gain the
monetary
interest as per
the standard
contract related
to buying and
selling of lands
(Zhang &
Chen, 2016).
The interest
of these
stakeholders
would be
only
associated to
the buying
and
borrowing of
the selected
land.
Keystart. Indirect This is an indirect
stakeholder who is
only associated with
the project to provide
the home loans to the
clients based on the
construction plan that
they have been
ideating and planning
according to the
PRINCE2 leading
lead project
management
methodologies for the
project.
The primary
needs of this
stakeholder are
to provide the
clients with the
appropriate
amount of
loans based on
the
standardized
contract,
planning,
reduction of
waste planning
for the project
and all the
other
standardized
The people
associated
with the
Keystart
organization
only need a
standardized
project plan
that would
require a
clean project
plan from the
end of the
customers so
that no legal
rules or
regulations
are violated

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considerations. during the
provision of
the home
loans based
on the
appropriate
project plan.
Table 1: Project Stakeholder Identification
(Source: Created by the Author)
2. What are the factors that will influence the design and layout of the dream
home? Explanation of the project management processes used to determine the
design or layout.
The factors that are required for the feasible design layout of the project is the be
listed as below:
 Preconstruction: This stage is initiated as because the project would fall into
place at such a rate that the initiation of the project and also the closure phase
of the project would ensure that there is least or no project changes and the
project would have no such chances during the entire construction phase as the
project would require random changes or they would not satisfy the clients in
some way (Ahuja, Sawhney & Arif, 2017). The amount of changes would be
decreased as much as possible and it would imply the reduction of waste as
per the lean project management.
 Assuring the safety: The focus of the management principles relies on the
particular phases of the project where the project would not require any
incidences regarding the management issues in the project. The safety culture
and participations also ensure that the project is not at all allowing any phase

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to make a mistake while handling the security (Emuze & Saurin, 2015).
Security issues can also contain the delay in projects, changes, monetary
wastage and other value reduction issues of the project.
 Ensuring proper schedule: Schedule is primarily important for a project and
without the clarification of the proper project schedule would not be able to
follow the feasible LPM according to the PRINCE2 methodology.
The explanation of the project management practices that are used for determining the
design and the layout for the project management plan can be listed in the following way:
 The primary reason behind the construction of the lean project in the dream
home construction and the use of the PRINCE2 methodology for the same is
selected as per the selection of the project procedure to make sure that the
value of the project is increased and at the same time the waste creation is
decreased (Fewings & Henjewele, 2019).
 This methodology would help in the reducing the usually created waste in the
project, which may define the wastage of both money and time, which is vital
to follow both for the management of the business and the project. Both
money and time are vital for a project and there can never be a phase where
the project can afford the time and money.
3. Explanation of implementing the lean best practices to achieve lean project
management for the project processes and the stakeholders
The explanation of the implementation of the best lean practices for this project that is
to consider can be explained as follows: