Lean Project Management
Channel: Playbook
Date: 2015-03-26

Lean focuses on minimizing waste to maximize efficiency. Similarly, Agile focuses on minimizing unnecessary documentation, and maximizing communications through continuous delivery of product and daily meetings. Both Lean and Agile recognize the need for flexibility in project management and adapting process to fit the size and scale of the project. In this video, you will see a live demonstration of Playbook Lean project management software and learn about the 7 Lean Principles and Methods  proven to speed up Lean project timelines by over 50%: 

- Why pull systems maximize throughput and empower teams 
- Why prioritizing tasks enterprise-wide is critical to project success 
- How a 70% utilization increases speed and improves morale 
- How early learning maximizes innovation 
- Why holding daily stand-up meetings reduces risk 
- How adopting a decentralized management model empowers teams and delivers realistic plans 
- Why shared project buffers decreases over-estimating

00:00 – Agenda
01:15 – Playbook Intro
02:12 – The Need for Speed
02:50 – Typical Problems that Playbook Solves
04:30 – The Cost of Late Projects
07:20 – Phase Gate (or “Long, Linear, Late”)
08:20 – Playbook Methods
08:53 – Playbook Results / Value Proposition
11:18 – Visual Work Management
12:52 – Project Boards and Their Problems
15:00 – Customer Requirements for Visual Work Management
17:00 – 7 Principles for Reducing Project Timelines
17:50 –   1. Decentralized, Rolling Wave Planning
19:22 –   2. Shared Project Buffers
21:58 –   3. Real-time Critical Path Changes
22:57 –   4. Short, Frequent Standup Meetings
24:08 –   5. Pull Tasks from a Prioritized Backlog
25:30 –   6. Visible Queues (Actionable Work)
26:30 –   7. Managed Availability and Resource Loading (WIP)
28:58 – Playbook Software Demo
47:08 – Customer Quotes
47:59 – Playbook Implementation
50:50 – Q&A