Lean Coffee Cambridge

Plus: People from different professional disciplines participated; Quality of the issues discussed; We were seated during the Lean Coffee (last month was a standing session). Delta: Provide for coffee (none available); Invite even more professional disciplines; Introduce backgrounds of participants in advance; Everyone arrive on time.

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Winter 2015 Bootcamp

Plus: Exercise; Group work; Communication; Room. Delta: Make Parade of Trades easier to understand; Take less time for lunch; Provide better explanation of benefits of Lean Construction to trade contractors.

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Fall 2014 Design Planning Meeting

Plus: Mechanical engineer participation; Team was prepared; High knowledge level of participants; Presentation of case study; Transparency; Schedule review; Communication platform. Delta: Provide more advance documentation to team; Include Owner in meeting so decisions can be made, specifically the Operations Manager; Clarify the scope of the Owner’s market.

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Planning Meeting

Plus: Included the people needed; Drilled down sufficiently into the project scope; Facilities tour half way through meeting; Everyone on team participated fully; No detours into rabbit holes. Delta: Prepare more advance understanding of issues; Provide more information about the roles and responsibilities of those people in the meeting; Provide information in writing about the

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Summer 2014 Bootcamp

Plus: Hands on simulations; Visual presentation; Timing of simulations; Open communication before start of project; Team approach of Lean Construction. Delta: Provide handouts and make sure handouts are industry specific; Provide YouTube links to illustrate pull planning examples.

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