AGILIZAR LA GESTIÓN DE PROYECTOS APLICANDO LA METODOLOGÍA LEAN

Abstract

In an globalized and increasingly competitive environment, with both budget and time restrictions, project managers need to improve the management of their projects, using different structures and treatments from the traditional ones, which allow to achieve management models of high productivity at all stages of a project. The application of the principles of Lean philosophy to project management is presented as a suitable tool for efficient projects management. This methodology is based on the systematic elimination of the existing waste to improve the production system. The objective of this article is to define a clear and effective methodology for the application of the principles Lean to project management, as well as, show the benefits obtained after the application of the same to a real case. Such results confirm as after identification of shortcomings in the work organization, resource management and document management in the execution of a construction project, applying the Lean thinking is achieved a reduction in costs and an improvement of efficiency over time.