25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction - Heraklion, Greece - 2017

https://doi.org/10.24928/2017/0315

Design Management in a Design Office: Solving the Problem of Relevance

Ergo Pikas1, Lauri Koskela2 & Olli Seppänen3

1Aalto University, Department of Civil Engineering, [email protected] and Tallinn University of Technology, Faculty of Engineering, [email protected]
2University of Huddersfield, School of Art, Design and Architecture
3Aalto University, Department of Civil Engineering

Abstract

In this study we contend that the conceptual foundations of conventional construction design and design management are obsolete, and these need to be substituted by a more comprehensive theoretical basis. As the first paper in the series of three, the main objective of this study is to justify the research by determining the significant problems and challenges related to the design management in a case study organization. Design science research methodology is chosen to develop a scientifically grounded solution with practical relevance. Based on surveys, interviews, database analysis and observations, we conclude that there are significant problems with the design management practice. The major issue with design management is related to the poor and simplistic conceptualization of the design task. The problems summarized in this study facilitate the quest for the proper theoretical understanding and developing a knowledge base for designing a new process model.

Keywords

Design, design management, design science research, design management problems

Files


Full Text
 

Reference

Pikas, E. , Koskela, L. & Seppänen, O. 2017. Design Management in a Design Office: Solving the Problem of Relevance, 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction , 547-554. doi.org/10.24928/2017/0315

Download: BibTeX | RIS Format

 

Founded in 1993, the IGLC is an international network of researchers from practice and academia in architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) who feel that the practice, education, and research of the AEC industry have to be radically renewed in order to respond to the global challenges ahead.

2015 © All Rights Reserved.