Lean Construction – Collaborative Planning System

Navigating Challenges and Maximizing Success in Collaborative Project Planning

Created by: PM Excellence RMP, PMP, SP, PSP, CM-Lean
Instructor at Udemy

What Will I Learn?

• Collaborative planning importance
• Benefits: improved communication, efficiency, reduced waste
• Meeting setups: traditional, digital, hybrid
• Visualization importance in project management
• Communication gap & traditional construction delivery statistics
• Introduction to 8 types of waste in construction
• Collaborative planning system advantages
• Metrics: Percent Planned Complete, Work in Progress, Cycle Time
• Daily huddle benefits
• Construction tender challenges and solutions
• Latest & Hidden planner role in decision-making
• Cross-functional teams for offer validation
• Managing budget: resilience, collaborative planning system
• Need for collaborative planning system (CPS)
• Keys to successful CPS
• Client and project internal milestones importance
• Setting milestones roughly: pull planning
• Master schedule: milestone setting
• Engaging stakeholders for milestone planning
• Successful phase planning and team involvement
• Commitment cycle importance for trust-building
• Make Ready Planning, Weekly Work Plan, Daily Huddle processes
• Buffers for unreliable plan changes
• Root cause analysis tools: Pareto Chart, 5 Whys, Fishbone Diagram
• Common challenges: lack of training, resistance to change
• Traditional construction vs. Lean Construction comparison
• Package solution and strategic decision-making importance

Requirements

• Basic project management knowledge
• Enthusiasm to learn!
• Communication skills

Target audience

• Anyone who is interested in Lean Construction
• Anyone with interest in professional development