Pull Planning

One of my favorite and a podcast that ended up influencing me quite a bit was with Gregory Howell. At the time, Greg was the managing director of the Lean Construction Institute (LCI), a non-profit organization devoted to production management research in design and construction. The Last Planner® (sometimes referred to as the Last Planner® Read More …

Is This Planning Cycle Still Relevant?

I created this over seven years ago. Though I might change a few words and add methods like Kanban, I believe there is still a lot merit. What do you think? The Planning Cycle from Business901 Adapted from the book, Lean Project Management: Eight Principles For Success

Conversations in Project Planning

Alan Mossman of The Change Business trained as an architect and worked for many years in management and organization development. He only returned to construction in 2000 building on his knowledge and understanding of collaboration, systems thinking, quality and lean. I asked Alan about the promised conversation cycle. Related Podcast and transcription: A Lean Project Read More …

How Agile is Your Resource and Capacity Planning

I asked Jerry Manas, author of The Resource Management and Capacity Planning Handbook: A Guide to Maximizing the Value of Your Limited People Resources, that question in a recent podcast. The podcast and entire transcription can be found at Resource & Capacity Planning. An excerpt from the podcast: Joe:   Resource capacity and planning seems kind of Read More …

Layout for Hoshin Kanri Planning in Lean Sales and Marketing

If you have not listened to this podcast with Art Byrne, you should. Podcast: Lean as your Business Model w Art Byrne Transcript: Lean as a Business Model The Lean Turnaround: How Business Leaders Use Lean Principles to Create Value and Transform Their Company Review layout for Hoshin Kanri Planning in implementing Lean in Sales Read More …

Left Side of the A3 or the Planning Process

We will spend this section on the left side of the A3 or the planning process. Description of the Components of the A3 Team: The team selection is very important in developing A3s. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of collaboration and building a team. You should go to great lengths to find people who Read More …