Análise da aplicação da técnica de gerenciamento do valor agregado (EVM) em projetos de construção enxuta/Analysis of the application of the value added management technique (EVM) in lean construction projects

• Published in: Revista produção online Vol. 16; no. 3; p. 947
• Main Authors: Luis Felipe Cândido, Carneiro, Juliana Quinderé, Luiz Fernando Mählmann Heineck
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Florianopolis Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção - ABEPRO, Revista Produção Online 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Construction industry; International; Lean manufacturing; Management science; Studies; Value added; Brazil
• DOI: 10.14488/1676-1901.v16i3.2227
• ISSN: 1676-1901

The Earned Value Management (EVM) or Earned Value Analysis (EVA) is a performance measurement technique and a project control tool based on physical, financial and time progress, providing indexes of project outcomes as actual performance, performance delays and forecasting of project conclusion. However some papers describe problems and limitations of this technique like disregard of workflows and incompatibility for early stages of work progress forecasts. Thus, through a unique case study exploratory and descriptive, this paper aims to analyze the use of EVM technique on a construction project under the lights of Lean Construction. As result, this paper confirmed some problems surveyed by others researchers as well as enlarged the list of topics which EVM approach fails to support lean construction applications enabling a more in depth and a holistic understanding about the applicability of this technique on Building Construction, especially in Lean Construction Projects. Finally, the authors concluded that EVM is just an extension of the traditional approach of measuring physical and financial advances over time what may render their use incompatible in construction projects.