Heading to Philly for a Lean Project Blitz
September 11th, 2002 by HalI'm working with a defense contractor today and tomorrow to put a series of projects on the Last Planner� System (LPS). The division has been using the LPS on numerous improvement projects for the last 8 months. They are now setting out to make the LPS the everyday way of managing projects. What's in store? We recognize three challenges:
- People have the habits they have. This goes for team members and managers alike.
- Business measures support the current practices. Changes to these measures may disturb otherwise fine operating conditions.
- People need support for their learning and improving. This requires shifting how managers and leaders are spending their time.
We are using the blitz to accomplish in one quick step what otherwise takes weeks. Project teams will be operating in a new way with other project teams who are doing the same. Among the group we are looking to find some quick learners who can help others. We are looking to link people across the boundaries of their department and the project organization. We are expecting to encounter objections that others in the group can address instead of managers and outsiders. And we are intending to have some fun with it all.
With a little luck on our side we will leave the group in a spirit of enthusiasm for learning and accomplishment. I'll write again on this to let you know what we encountered and how it all comes out.
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