Plus-Delta

Plus: Strayed toward tangental issues much less than past meetings; Made progress on understanding and managing constraints; The air conditioning is working; Open discussion. Delta: Keep on agenda.

Plus: Open conversation elevating the impact of constraints on planned work; Team is using a constraint log. Delta: Improve decision making to support planned work and remove constraints.

Plus: Improved communication is helping project; Everyone is committed to working together; Good opportunity to understand relationships of work by different trades and handoffs throughout project. Delta: Make the planning less time consuming; Make the weekly work plan less specific and not include every single step; Include exterior work in weekly plans; Add speakers in room so we

People new to Lean want to jump right into the tools. Before doing so it is important to understand fundamental Lean concepts. This 90-minute session discussed Respect for People, Flow Efficiency, and Continuous Improvement. Plus: Participatory demonstrations; Lunch; Team open to learning; Graphics in slide deck; “This is Lean” medical antidote. Delta: Improve the work

Plus: Minimal side topic discussions as team is better at stopping conversation more appropriate for a different meeting or work session. Delta: Create charts for parking lot topics on wall; Use a constraint log; Place vertical lines on the six-week make ready plan to indicate start of week 1 and completion of week 6; Use Last Planner terminology correctly, distinguishing

Plus: Removed constraints; New Percent Plan Complete graph; Foremen pointing to plans when explaining work for following week. Delta: Finish meeting on time; Audit time spent on each agenda item to identify why meetings finish late; Request a foreman lead next week’s meeting.

Plus: Started on time; Look ahead review focused on the Make Ready needs of work the next six weeks, with meeting leader requesting confirmation that work is ready or have constraints identified; Use of ELMO (Enough, Let’s Move On) character to inform team that discussion of an issue needs to be tabled; Flow and productivity of weekly

Plus: Technology supported meeting; Progress toward establishing next direction for team; Learned about efforts to extend Lean enterprise-wide; Study-Action-Team feedback and videos; Thoughtful approach taken by team toward toward planning the future. Delta: Have offsite attendees use video feature to see screen displays; Complete the meeting on time.

Plus: Air conditioning. Delta: All on agenda need to attend; Turn off phones during meeting and decline to take calls.

Plus: Everybody is attending the meeting; Keep identifying constraints. Delta: Stay focused on planning meeting agenda; Use the constraint log during the meeting.