Lean Thinking is an approach toward work focused on understanding customer purpose so as to create value for customers by means of flow efficient systems based on respecting all people’s ability to continuous improve how work is accomplished.
Lean Project Delivery extends Lean Thinking across project teams to better understand customer purpose and design products and production systems that deliver better projects quickly with less cost.
The Lean Market Community is an idea that what we have learned about Lean Thinking and Lean Project Delivery can be applied to how communities can work together to greatly improve local economies and relationships between neighbors.
A Lean approach built around increasing flow efficiency, reducing variation and continuous improvement reduces project delivery times and generates cost savings. More importantly this approach is improving workplace safety, enhancing personal and professional relationships, and contributing to individual’s personal and professional growth.
This site includes posts related to four topics.
- Lean Market Communities: Ideas and progress toward community development based on a Lean integrated model.
- Lean Projects: Observations related to Lean Project Delivery, especially within the building design and construction industry.
- Lean Reading: Reviews of books and papers relevant to Lean Thinking practitioners.
- Plus-Delta: A collection of Plus-Delta reviews from various meetings and work sessions, slightly altered to afford confidentiality.