In today's technologically advanced world, projects are becoming much more complex and managers often face challenges of controlling the pace of the project. Visual project management (VPM) is a fundamental element of lean methods that allows the project management (PM) activities to accomplish efficiently and effectively within the timeline. The challenges and complexity of projects are on the rise nowadays due to distinct unpredicted characteristics for instance workplace accidents, environmental effects, price hiking of materials cost, and so on. Deficiency of controlling and monitoring the internal and external occurrences within the project sometimes drive to project failure. This article aims to gain an insight into the visual project management practices in various projects through literature analysis along with the understanding of the contribution of visual tools and elements in the purpose of controlling the project. The initial part of this research focuses on an in-depth literature review concerning the functions, tools, elements, and current state of the visual project management. The literature review reveals the contribution of visual management to support managerial strategy by integrating information, providing the elements, tools, and sensory aids into various project work settings. The analysis is conducted by keeping a case study as an example. Following this, a qualitative analysis of a case project provides insight into the findings of this article which focuses on the prominence of visual management in the current project characteristics. Through the analysis and discussion, the anticipation of visual management was explored and identify the findings that disagree or complements the previous literature. Nevertheless, the overall research is concerned with the improvement of the project performance and effectiveness, removing potential threats and uncertainties and controlling the project through VPM philosophies.