Lean Project Management in Construction: Dream Home Assessment

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LEADING LEAN PROJECTS
ASSESSMENT 1

Introduction
This assessment is developed for specifying the concept of leading lean projects in contrast of
project management to build a dream home. This assessment generally includes a brief
explanation of project management process in reference to the concept of selecting suburb, land
size, builder and stakeholders for the project of the development of dream home. This assessment
aims to explain the factors that influence dream home design and layout as lean leading project
usually refers to a project management which aims to maximize value while minimizing waste
within the development process of the project and this concept is generally included and
considered during the construction, manufacturing and lean thinking of project of the dream
home. This assessment mainly focuses on explaining suitable and appropriate project
management processes related with the dream home project. The description and efficient
explanation of lean project management in reference to the dream home project is also included
in the assessment.

Project Management Process
The most suitable project management process that is considered is PMBOK as this process
enables to set certain suitable terminology and guidelines that further contributes to the
development of project management of dream home. The initiating process of PMBOK is an
efficient step as this process enables to define new project through conducting and supporting the
following concept of the project:
a) Choosing the Suburb.
The most suitable and appropriate suburb to build the dream house project is East
Melbourne as this suburb consist clean and green area, efficient public transport,
significant internet access facilities along with medical facilities and also consist parks
and recreation areas which further supports better lifestyles. Moreover, the people who
live at that suburb area are professionals, retirees, families with kids, independent youth,
maturing and established independence and older independence which develop an
efficient lifestyle within the East Melbourne suburb. The major significance of this
suburb is that East Melbourne consist effective city convenience, sustain Melbourne
historic residences and glamorous apartments along with cathedrals, parks and hospitals.
This suburb is regarded suitable for the project of dream home as it an ideal suburb for
people who seek unbridled city lifestyle along with independent folk culture.
Apart from this Melbourne is also known as absolute city living as it sustain pleasant
atmosphere with the availability of rolling gardens along with the availability of tram,
train and bus for each and every place of the city and city sides. The major pros of the
selected suburbs are the availability of wide leafy green streets, parklands, great
localities, beautiful old houses and charming quality of city which develop East
Melbourne an efficient and suitable suburb for the project of dream home (Perkins, et. al.,
2018).
b) Deciding the land size to buy.
The land size for the development of the dream home project in the selected suburb is
dependent on recent prices prevailing in the East Melbourne as the prices of the
properties directly impact size of land to buy for the project of dream home. The most

appropriate land size for the project is 509m2 as this land size is suitable for general
residential long with outstanding opportunity to build the dream home as this land size
enables to explore further redevelopment potential with quality home at the price of
$350,000 to $370,000. This land size is decided so as to able to dream home with all the
required facilities within and around the home. Moreover, this land size is suitable in
reference to the budget of the project and layout associated with the project development.
Apart from this the land size also enables to control the overflow of the project budget
which further leads to effective development of the dream home with best quality of
materials within the dream home (Joslin, et. al., 2015).
c) Choosing the best builders.
The planning process of PMBOK enhance the step of choosing the best builders as this
process of PMBOK enables to define the actions required to consider for the choosing the
best builders for further project operation of the dream home. The planning process of
PMBOK generally considers two types of builders for the dream home project and it
refers to general and specialist builders as the best builders for the project execution. The
general builders within the project are considered for analyzing the scope of the project,
operating the building work of the project and efficiently determining workforce of the
project. The specialist builders within the project are considered for analyzing the key
specification of the project, seeking the beneficial within design and scheduling of
project, analyzing the finishing part and for handling proper inspection of the project.
Both general and specialist builders are appropriate as best builders for the project of
dream home. Moreover, the best builders of the project are selected on the basis of the
builder’s skills in defining needs of the project construction builder’s license and
insurance and signs of quality of construction and attention of builders (Ozguler, 2016).
d) Identify the stakeholder for the project.
The executing process of PMBOK is efficient for determining the project management
plan through stating the factors that determines stakeholder identification within the
project. The stakeholders of the dream home project generally includes client, project
manager, project team members, project sponsor, steering committee, executives and

resource managers as all these stakeholders directly impact the overall project and its
operation. The clients within the stakeholder are those who are direct user of the project,
project manager refer to the project leader for proper execution of the project, project
team members are stated as stakeholders as they execute the project and project sponsor
are reflected as main stakeholder of the project as the project finance is dependent on the
project sponsor (Mathur, et. al., 2014).
Apart from them, steering committee are regarded as stakeholders as they advisory group
of the project which plays the role of providing appropriate guidance for the project
operation, while executives are the top management of the project stakeholders as they
direct project strategy and resource manager are stated as stakeholders of project as they
plays the major role of controlling resources within the project. All of these are reflected
as stakeholders as they sustain their interest in the process and outcome of the project
along with their major role play in the construction process of the project. Moreover, the
stakeholders of the dream home project are generally identified as two stakeholders, such
as direct stakeholders as within this client, project sponsor and project manager are
regarded as directly associated with the project and its operation. While indirect
stakeholders reflects the local government, steering committee and project team members
as they are indirectly associated with the project of dream home (Gomes, et. al., 2018).
Moreover, the monitoring and controlling process of PMBOK plays an important role in
determining the factors that influence the design and layout of the dream home this process
consider the overall project, project management along with project specifications which include
the process of determining the factors that influence project design and layout. The factors that
executing process of PMBOK identified which influence the design and layout of the dream
home project are stated below:
 Budget: The budget factor of the project consist the ability to influence the dream home
design and layout as the budget of the project generally impact overall project design and
layout as for efficiently competing the project the design and layout process depends on
the project overall budget as it impact the quality associated with the design of the dream

home. The budget of the project determines the land size and requirements of the dream
home which further directly influence the design and layout of the project as these
factors would be required to consider the budget for determining and setting appropriate
design and layout of dream home.
 Project Structure: The overall structure of the dream home project generally influence
the overall layout of the dream home as the project structure influence the maintenance
of the dream home layout and design. As complicated project structure negatively
impact the design and layout of the project while simple project structure leads to
positive influence on the design and layout of the dream home project. The project
structure determines the overall design and layout of dream home as the project structure
reflects the aspects that are required to add while designing of the dream home of the
project (Sunder, 2016).
 Priority Settings: The priority setting factor influence the design and layout of the
dream home project as priority setting includes the consideration of the space and
requirements within the dream home such as storage space, study space, kitchen and
bathrooms which further influence the overall design and layout of the dream home for
considering those aspects within the dream home design and layout.
 Location and Topography: The current location and topography of the dream home
generally act as factor that influence the layout and design of the dream home project as
the design and layout factors of dream home are usually developed on the basis of the
project location and topography as influence the favorable features of the design and
layout of the dream project (Roy, et. al., 2018).
Moreover, the project management process of PMBOK (Project Management Body of
Knowledge) are selected as this process plays an important role in determining set of
terminology and guidelines for efficient management of dream home project. As this process
generally leads to the implication of work break down structure and critical path as these
components enables to effectively manage the project as it further support to efficiently choosing
suburbs, land size, best builder and identification of stakeholders of the dream home project.
PMBOK generally divides the project management process among five process groups which
plays different functions within the contrast of project management process. The five process
groups of PMBOK that further considered within the dream home project are stated below:

 Initiating: The initiating process of PMBOK generally determines the process preformed
within project for defining project along with the process of obtaining authorization to
start the project operation. This process of PMBOK is considered while choosing suitable
and appropriate suburb of East Melbourne for dream home and deciding land size to buy
for the dream home project as this project enables to analyze the pros and cons of the
suburb and also to determine the land size according to the price prevailing and
requirement within the dream home project along with the consideration of project
budget (Kangas, 2016).
 Planning: This process is considered while choosing the best builders for the dream
home project as this process establish and define the project scope, objectives and actions
that are required to accomplish successful completion of the project. This process enables
to choose best builder through defining the qualities required within builders for the
project execution.
 Executing: The executing process is considered within the dream home project while
identifying project stakeholders as this process of the project determines the project
performance to complete the project along the determination of project management plan
that would further support project specification. This process enables to determine the
various stakeholders that play efficient and different roles at different level of the dream
home project.
 Monitoring and Controlling: The process of monitoring and controlling further
determines track, review and regulation of project process, progress and performance
through identifying the areas required within the project. This process is considered while
determining the factors that influence the design and layout of dream home as the process
analyze the progress, process and performance of the dream home project while
considering the factors that sustains the ability to influence the design and layout of
dream home project (Brady, et. al., 2018).
 Closing: The closing process refers to the process that further determines the overall
project performance to finalize all the activities of the project for further formally close
the project. The closing process of PMBOK generally undertaken in consideration during
the final project process for efficiently completing the project of dream home.

Best Lean Practices
The project practices of dream home also considered the implementation of lean best practice
to accomplish lean project management of the project as the lean practice enables to
efficiently examine the processes, adds value to the project and for efficiently managing the
outcome of the dream home project. The best lean practices within the project management
process of dream home are stated below:
 Eliminate Waste: This lean practice aims to identify waste within the project for
further minimizing waste production during the project process. This practice
includes the consideration of defects, motion, inventory and transportation for
avoiding inefficiencies. This practice is generally considered while deciding land size,
choosing best builder, stakeholders and determining design and layout of the dream
home as this practices would lead to avoid waste while deciding land size of dream
home project, while choosing best builders within the project this lean practice
enables to avoid waste while choosing builders within the project. While identifying
the stakeholders for dream home project and factors that determine design and layout
of dream home, the lean practices of eliminating waste during the engagement of
stakeholders and design sectors of the dream home project (Mir, et. al., 2014).
 Continuous Improvement: The continuous improvement within lean thinking of the
concept related with project process actions and performance in reference with the
development of dream home project. This process enables to sustain reorganizing
entire progress line to eliminate waste without compromising the project process
quality. This lean practice is generally undertook in consideration while choosing
suburb as this enables to seek efficient and appropriate suburb for the dream home
project as it enables to choose suitable suburbs through analyzing previous experience
and improving the ability to choose suitable improvement. Moreover, this practice is
also considered for determining the factors that influence the design and layout of
dream home project as this practice enables to continuously improve the efficiency
while determining and deciding the design and layout of the project (Browning, et.
al., 2015).

 Organize: This lean practice is efficient for implementation as it enhance the project
process efficiency as it leads to the application of work instruction and value streams
such as the consideration of sort, set in order, shine, standardize and sustain as these
principles which further act as tool for tracking progression of process. This practice
could be implemented at the process during the selection and explanation of project
management process as this practice of lean lead to effective organize of dream home
project process which further contribute to successful completion of the project.
 Safety: The safety practice is also regarded as best lean practice within lean
management project of dream home as this practice leads to the development of safer
execution of project process and safety practice also able to avoid unfortunate
accident during the project process of dream home. This practice would be
implemented while determining the factors that further influence the design and
layout of dream home project as during this process the safety practice ensure
successful completion of project along with assurance of safety (Joslin, et. al., 2015).

Conclusion
This assessment is generally developed on the topic of leading lean project as it basically aims to
reflect the significance of lean project in reference to the development of dream home project.
This assessment generally aims to explain project management process of PMBOK along with
the description of the practices that the considered while further choosing suburb, deciding land
size, selecting best builder and identifying stakeholders of the dream home project. This
assessment aims to explain certain factors that determines and influence dream home project
design and layout along with the implementation of PMBOK process within the project
development. The final part of the assessment includes a brief description of lean best practices
that would be implemented to accomplish lean project management of project process and
factors.

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