TY  - CONF
TI  - Demonstrating the Value of an Effective Collaborative Decision-Making Process in the Design Phase
AU  - Schöttle, Annett
AU  - Arroyo, Paz
AU  - Christensen, Randi
AD  - PhD Candidate at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)and Senior Consultant at Refine Projects AG, GER, annett.schoettle@protonmail.com, Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fritz Gehbauer, M.S.
AD  - Senior Coach, Lean Project Consulting, USA, parroyo@leanproject.com
AD  - Lean Manager, Lower Thames Crossing, COWI, UK, RMCH@cowi.com
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2018/07/18
T2  - 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
C3  - 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Lean Construction
CY  - Chennai, India
SP  - 899
EP  - 909
DO  - 10.24928/2018/0500
SN  - 2309-0979 (ISSN)
AB  - Decisions are the foundation for creating value in a project. Particularly in the early design phases, decisions form and restrict the value creation processes throughout the project's life cycle Therefore, project teams should pay attention to the decision-making process, and design it to secure maximum value creation and clear documentation. This paper shows and analyses the decision-making process in the design phase of four different projects based on four characteristics: (1) decision-making method, (2) structure of the decision-making process, (3) governance process, and (4) documentation process. Our findings demonstrate that all four characteristics are essential and need to be considered when designing the decision-making process. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that making decisions collaboratively will lead to value adding opportunities. Consequently, this paper explains how the decision-making process affects the value creation process and gives insights on how to design it in an effective manner.
KW  - Choosing by Advantages
KW  - collaboration
KW  - decision-making
KW  - integration
KW  - value
L1  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1615/pdf
UR  - https://www.iglc.net/papers/details/1615
DB  - IGLC.net
LA  - English
N1  - Export date: 04 October 2026
ER  -