Desenvolvimento e aplicação de jogo para ensino da filosofia lean construction

Abstract

The main objective of this work is to evaluate the assimilation of knowledge transmitted through a didactic game about the Lean Construction philosophy applied in the classroom for students of the Federal Technological University of Paraná. Design thinking concepts were used to develop the game, which basically consists of building blocks for houses, in order to convey the main topics of lean construction in five stages: understanding the needs of the civil construction industry (empathy), defining the construction problem (definition), game development (idealization), game improvement (prototyping) and application of the game in the classroom (validation). From this, the game was applied in the classroom simulating the assembly of the houses in two ways, one by the conventional works management system and the other by the Lean system, with emphasis on the application of the balance line, then the time of construction was collected. Assembly corresponding to each management system and later a questionnaire was applied to the students of the class. At the end of the game, it was identified that assembly through the Lean Construction management system provided time reduction, greater organization, creation of a continuous flow of activities and enabled the transmission of knowledge of lean construction in the classroom.