Program

This track is intended for stories of best practices for developing Lean skills and a Lean mindset. These stories should elevate Lean principles and collaborative communication and might cover ways to gain buy-in to support Lean initiatives. Your stories should demonstrate how Lean tactics add value to individuals, teams, and projects. We hope you will share best practices for scaling Lean within your team or a broader organization.

• How to create high performing teams and support your people for project success.
• How different project partners, including owners, designers, general contractors, and trade partners come together at project onset.
• Experiences and metrics that detail improvements derived from Lean practices such as collaborative communication, problem solving, reliable commitments, etc.
• Best practices for developing the Lean mindset within your team or organization.
• Strategies and approaches for developing Lean leaders and inspiring others to start their journey.
• Tools and processes that your team is implementing (Onboarding, Team Health Assessments, Conditions of Satisfaction, Retrospectives, Scrum, etc.) How have they added value? What improvements have you realized and where can you go from here?

This track is intended for sharing lessons and best practices for collaborative design and preconstruction efforts that deliver value to all project stakeholders.

• Stories of implementing and measuring Lean innovation in the design space.
• How Lean tactics such as Target Value Delivery and Conditions of Satisfaction influence the overall design process.
• How design can drive Lean delivery during the preconstruction process and bring in relevant parties from conception to closeout.
• How you were able to ground the team in the fundamentals of Lean delivery.
• How the design community can support better flow in the field.
• How design and preconstruction leaders can support a learning culture on projects and in the office.
• Tools and processes that your team is implementing (Big Room, Target Value Delivery, CBA, Concurrent Engineering, P3, etc.) How have they added value? What improvements have you realized and where can you go from here?

This track is intended for sharing processes and tools that drive continuous improvement and better outcomes on projects.

• Insights on leveraging prefabrication and industrialized construction to deliver more value to clients and project teams.
• How to implement BIM Modeling and Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) with a Lean mindset.
• How to leverage technology to improve planning and collaboration.
• Tools and processes that your team is implementing (Big Room, Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA), etc.) How have they added value? What improvements have you realized and where can you go from here?

Share your story that emphasizes how Lean practices are improving efficiency, productivity, and safety on the jobsite.

• How a Lean program can develop the next generation of field leaders.
• Innovative practices that can optimize production, decrease waste, and promote safe practices.
• How all stakeholders (the design community, general contractors, owners, trade partners, and consultants) can influence Lean practices in the field to deliver better results.
• How to get multiple trade partners to row in the same direction and at the same pace.
• How to support a learning mindset in the field.
• How to leverage some or all aspects of the Last Planner System®: Milestones, Constraints, PPC, Variance, Making Work Ready, etc.
• How a Lean mindset and creating a culture of respect for people are increasing team morale and improving workflow
• Tools and processes that your team is implementing (Last Planner System®, Takt Time, 5S, Daily Huddles, Gemba Walks, A3 Thinking, Just In Time Delivery, Problem Solving, Visual Controls, etc.) How have they added value? What improvements have you realized and where can you go from here?

NEW Journey to Mastery Tracks.  These immersion tracks are intended to provide a deep dive into two Lean topics to assist with your continuous journey to Mastery:  Lean Integrated Project Delivery  (IPD) and Enterprise-Wide Lean Transformation. 

• Overview/Contract 
• Partner Selection & Onboarding 
• Co-location/Big Room Concept & Visual Management 
• Last Planner System ® (including daily huddles)
• Target Value Delivery
• Building a Cost Model, Set based design, How did you settle on a Target Value?

NEW Journey to Mastery Tracks.  These immersion tracks are intended to provide a deep dive into two Lean topics to assist with your continuous journey to Mastery:  Lean Integrated Project Delivery  (IPD) and Enterprise-Wide Lean Transformation.  

• Aligning Leadership
• Are We There Yet?
• Measuring the Data and Using It
• Lessons Learned, Celebrate the Wins (Milestones) and the Losses (Roadblocks), Continuous Improvement