the spread of lean construtuction among workers in civil construction by the game "challenging the production"

The lean construction runs the management of sites to the production process and
continuous improvement. For its understanding, the promotion of learning among
workers is necessary. This paper suggests that games can fill the blanks and intend
to present the game “Challenging the Production” as an alternative to the spreading
of lean construction concepts, considering the civil construction labor´s
characteristics. The use of games for learning are still considered an innovation. The
experiment showed that the understanding about lean construction is possible and
that the game is a pleasant form for this practice. The game was tested with the
players approval and for 95,5% of players the game brings fun and learning of the
lean construction principles. For 86,4% of the experiments participants, the game
helps the learning of new things, 68,2% accepted it as an alternative way of learning
that contributes with the concepts memorization and 59,1% thought that the game
promotes the business colleagues interaction.