Yearly Archives: 2016

Registration Opens for LeanProject Leadership Experience

2016-12-16T13:55:44-06:00

We are excited to announce that early bird registration is now open for the 2017 Leadership Experience to be held March 30-31 in Scottsdale, AZ.  The theme for this year’s ...

Registration Opens for LeanProject Leadership Experience2016-12-16T13:55:44-06:00

3 Simple Rules for Effective Pull Planning

2016-12-15T11:31:18-06:00

As part of the Last Planner® System, pull planning is a great technique for planning collaboratively.  We've used it effectively for everything from master planning and design through commissioning and ...

3 Simple Rules for Effective Pull Planning2016-12-15T11:31:18-06:00

Are You Measuring Tasks Made Ready (TMR)?

2016-12-15T11:30:17-06:00

You are measuring Percent Plan Complete (PPC) on your Last Planner® project, satisfied that the team is trending upward and that you are learning from plan failures. Is it possible ...

Are You Measuring Tasks Made Ready (TMR)?2016-12-15T11:30:17-06:00

Last Planner System Administration Innovation

2016-12-07T16:05:28-06:00

One project team has developed an innovative approach toward reducing the time required to administer the weekly work planning process; while providing greater visibility to the team on the relationship ...

Last Planner System Administration Innovation2016-12-07T16:05:28-06:00

Moving Forward Faster by Bob Emiliani

2016-12-01T16:05:09-06:00

In Moving Forward Faster: the Mental Evolution from Fake Lean to REAL Lean Bob Emiliani identifies economic, social, and political ideas that must be eliminated; along with a list of management ...

Moving Forward Faster by Bob Emiliani2016-12-01T16:05:09-06:00

Working Out vs Training

2016-11-30T05:17:23-06:00

It is helpful to think of implementing a Lean culture and Lean practices on the project as the work necessary to radically improve the professional fitness and health of the ...

Working Out vs Training2016-11-30T05:17:23-06:00

Writing by Hand & the Last Planner System

2016-11-28T06:06:55-06:00

Four years ago I was given a dressing-down by a venture capital investor for taking handwritten notes at our meeting. If I wanted to fund a technology start-up he told ...

Writing by Hand & the Last Planner System2016-11-28T06:06:55-06:00

Tracking Productivity and the Last Planner System

2016-11-23T08:21:43-06:00

A superintendent presenting at the LCI Congress this past October stated that they would like to implement productivity tracking into the Last Planner System. Conceptually that is not all that ...

Tracking Productivity and the Last Planner System2016-11-23T08:21:43-06:00

Why Plan – At the Correct Level of Detail

2016-11-22T08:39:01-06:00

Builders will at times lament the quality of drawings given them to construct a building (yes, that really happens). Before throwing rocks, builders ought to be looking at the quality ...

Why Plan – At the Correct Level of Detail2016-11-22T08:39:01-06:00

Focus on Individuals, Not Enterprises

2016-11-21T08:40:48-06:00

Make Ready Plans (Constraint Logs), Weekly Work Plans, and other tools have fields identifying either a responsible party or the party making a request. Frequently teams will want to enter ...

Focus on Individuals, Not Enterprises2016-11-21T08:40:48-06:00