Last Planner System® in Design
2020
Download PDFDOI: https://doi.org/10.60164/b0i9i6a7d
Authors: Stan Chiu, Bruce Cousins
Citation:
Stan, C., & Cousins, B. (2020). Last Planner System® in Design. In Lean Construction Journal pp. 78–99.
Abstract:
The Last Planner System® (LPS®)of production control enables project team members to come together to plan their collective work with the goals of improving flow and reliability. Last Planner® is widely used in multiple geographies, project scales and project phases. This paper considers its application during the design phase(s) of a project. The authors build on the concept that there are two distinct activities of design that parallel the distinction between Designing and Making (Ballard et al., 2009.) and propose standard work to be incorporated into LPS during the earlier design phase. The work began with simple questions: ▪ What are the challenges of LPS in Design that we can respond to? ▪ What enhancements to LPS could be recommended to ease its use in Design?