Plus-Delta

Plus: Meeting finished early; Lead journeyman successfully filled in for absent foreman. Delta: Start the meeting on time.

Plus: Now at 75% Percent Plan Complete across entire project; A phase plan with continuous flow is now in place; Lunch to celebrate field team is planned; Safety report addressed successes as well as concerns; New trade contractor present at meeting. Delta: Replace 2015 wall calendar with 2016 wall calendar; End the meeting on time; Silence all mobile phones.

Plus: Interaction of foremen in the room; Plan validates the milestone; Plan illustrates opportunities for improvement; Orientation to the phase pull planning process was the correct amount of information; Owner is represented; Discussion identified unassigned work. Delta: A major trade for an additional value stream was not represented.

Plus: Ease of daily intake management. Delta: Design for endurance race training; Provide easy nutrition intake standard work checklist for each type of training day and amount of training.

Plus: Quality of discussion; Building momentum toward Lean transformation; Quality of training planning; Using survey to promote attendance; Next steps on alignment initiative; Approach of meetings at project locations. Delta: Improve meeting communication technology for remote participants; Start on time; Finish on time; Develop a strategy for remote project; Improve attendance.

Plus: Team works together well and focuses on creating flow. Delta: Reassign responsibility for getting food to session on time; Assign subcontracts earlier so submittals can be prepared so as to keep pace with work; Label planning board with timeframes; All people need to clearly announce work when placing tasks on the board; Label planning

When coaching teams to use the Last Planner System we include recommendations that facility owners, architects and engineers participate in the weekly commitment planning that the team in the field building the project uses. A common response is that ‘management’ and ‘design’ work is different and not amenable to the structure the weekly planning imposes.

Plus: Continuity Lean process consistent across of projects going forward; Attendance; Good presentation. Delta: Late start, Technology problems.

Plus: Breaking the building into blocks that could be replicated made the planning ore manageable; trade foreman input regarding duration planning. Delta: Prepare reference drawing designating areas and labeling for areas and post.

A thank you to Larry Borins from Pinck & Co. Plus: Better room, content from guest speaker, all members of the class present, guest speaker. Delta: Enroll more people in the class; include more information about design; include more information about subcontracts.