Lean Architecture: Excellence in Project Delivery [Hardcover]

Apply lean principles to your next architectural project and improve your bottom line with the help of this practical volume

Lean Architecture: Excellence in Project Delivery shows readers a path to improve their project delivery via the application of lean concepts and process management. Authors Michael Czap and Gregory Buchanan challenge readers to reexamine their approach to architectural practice and projects by presenting a unique and compelling alternative.

Lean Architecture details the crucial metrics and implementation strategies that combine to improve the efficiency and profitability of projects taken on by firms of all sizes. Readers will learn to:

• Maximize the use of their resources to deliver superior results in less time
• Minimize waste, cost, and inefficiency in their firms operations
• Move between radically different project scales while retaining efficient and effective processes

Lean Architecture is perfect for firm leaders, project managers, and project architects who seek to improve their ability to deliver better results while reducing their cost base. Students, designers and emerging professionals will also benefit by learning key principles for more effectively executing design ideas.

Foreword ix

Acknowledgments xi

Preface xiii

Introduction xvii

Part I Building Blocks For A Lean Practice 1

Chapter 1 A Profession Ripe for Change 3

An Evolving Profession 3

Where We Are Today 3

The Primary Objective 5

Chapter 2 Process Management Explained 9

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