Online Course in Lean Construction Management

Learn agile and practical tools to improve costs, deadlines, quality and communication in your real projects.

Nid: 25102
Syllabus
ACADEMIC PLAN

1. Introduction to the course

  • Personal presentation
  • Structure and objetives

2. Context of the Construction Sector

  • Importance of the construction sector
  • Problems you suffer from
  • Main causes of the problems

3. Lean Construction

  • Introduction to LC
  • Origin and evolution to this day
  • Traditional vs Lean approach
  • Tools
    • 5S
      • Tool explanation
      • Main advantages
    • Just in Time (JIT)
      • Tool explanation
      • Main advantages
    • Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
      • Tool explanation
      • Main advantages
    • Last Planner System (LPS)
      • Tool explanation
      • Main advantages
    • Target Value Design (TVD)
      • Tool explanation
      • Main advantages
    • Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
      • Tool explanation
      • Main advantages

4. LC + Project Management

  • Different approaches to PM in the sector
  • Quantitative analysis of how LC tools improve project management
    • 5S
    • Just in Time (JIT)
    • Value Stream Mapping (VSM)
    • Last Planner System (LPS)
    • Target Value Design (TVD)
    • Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
  • Conclusion on the impact of LC on PM

5. LC + Building Information Modelling

  • BIM introduction
  • BIM dimensions for Project Managers
  • BIM situation in Spain and the rest of the world
  • Symbiosis between LC and BIM

6. Conclusions

  • Benefits of LC
  • LC difficulties
  • LC as a part of the solution to the problems of the sector

7. Future

  • Analysis of the margin for improvement
  • Future of the sector