Lean i arbetsprocessen för projekledning

Sammanfattning: This report presents the results of a thesis in which the department PL Hus at Grontmij AB isstudied. The study has been done in order to locate problem areas in order to streamline andimprove the quality of working. The study was done by an engineering student from theDepartment of Industrial Management at KTH on behalf of Grontmij AB. The project extendedover a period of 20 weeks during spring 2011.In addition to the Department itself has two project managers in two different projects beenfollowed. The method used has been participant observation and was used to be able to comeclose to reality and thus find problem areas where there are opportunities for development.Validation was made through comments and opinions from workers at Grontmij AB, afterreading the reports analysis.Based on a system and holistic approach has parallels been drawn to the production systems suchas TPS (Toyota Production System) and lean production. These production philosophies havebeen studied to explore a possible implementation to an organization like Grontmij AB and thedepartment PL Hus. To delimit the study and connect empiricism to theory, the work has focusedon several basic principles for the two philosophies: waste, flow, quality, supplier and customerrelationships and continuous improvement.This work results in localization of a number of problem areas, areas through measures couldincrease the quality and increase efficiency in the department. It also presents several problemsthat can be object of further research.