Plus: Separating the project meeting for these two projects from that of the other on-site project. Delta: Reverse the order in which projects are discussed; Incorporate in-wall rough-in completion and drywall installation start milestones into the published phase plans; Obtain a larger or additional whiteboard for recording and discussing constraints.
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Plus: The team has improved its use of weekly work plans; The team finished the meeting on time; Food was available at the meeting. Delta: Everyone should bring weekly work plans with them to the meeting; Display the project weekly work plan on a screen; Issue six-week and phase plan schedules to the team earlier in the week.
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Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works by Ash Maurya takes the reader through the business start up and innovation process from a Lean perspective. He introduces a four-stage process designed to accelerate the work of developing viable products that customers will value. Like most work, the start up and innovation
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The images below are selected portions of several messages that serve as a screensaver on hospital workstations. They don’t display new guidance – a trained staff will already know this information. The messages are statements about the expected social norms in the hospital. Awareness of these behaviors is clearly very important. Look for opportunities to post
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The Westford Public School system (Westford, Massachusetts) takes very seriously its mission of “Shaping the Future One Child at a Time.” One of their current projects is to examine and improve homework practices in the system. This is not a top down effort. A working group is being formed that will include staff, administrators, parents
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A recent article in Chief Executive magazine reports that companies are expecting a 10% productivity gain from advances in automation. You can read the article here. The forecast is a bit less spectacular once you read past the headline. The 10% gain is across three years, so roughly 3% per year. That is still better
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Plus: Spent time focused on core topics and avoided unnecessary detail; Costs are trending lower. Delta: Have representatives from every component group present at meeting; Develop more design and construction innovations; Start and finish the meeting on time.
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Modern Social Imaginaries is another Charles Taylor book worth reading to help understand Lean as a social phenomenon in a historical context. Taylor’s hypothesis is that western modernity needs to be understood in the context of changes to the social imaginary – a shared understanding about how a society imagines their collective life based on
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Plus: Team used a better method of building and discussing plan; Healthy engagement by all team members. Delta: Have all trades attend and participate; Provide a call-in number for people unable to attend in person; Start the meeting on time; Have the Post It Note tickets and markers better organized.
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One of those pithy quotes circulating LinkedIn lately is from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. “If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.” The sentiment has a history. Click here to read how this theme can be
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