Lean Manufacturing Techniques to Improve Project Management

Abstract

In today’s organizations, project management has become a central way for undertaking several of the company’s activities. One of the increasing and most significant concerns with projects is that, projects are behind schedule, over budget and show unsatisfactory performance. In the last decade the manufacturing industry successfully improved quality and productivity, by using the concepts of lean thinking. This project explores the relevance of lean concepts in project management and how lean concepts can improve project management. Key Terms - Lean Manufacturing, Lean Project Management, Project Management and Project Manager.