Lean Foundations

(Ballard and Tommelein: Current Process Benchmark for the Last Planner System, Lean Construction Journal 2016 pp 57-89) What do the

If you’re looking for a concise, authoritative definition of the Top 100 Lean terms from “5S” to “Workable Backlog” here

Participation in The Last Planner System (LPS®) teaches-by-doing such foundational behaviors as collaboration, transparency, long-term and short-term planning, making work

“Maximize the whole, not the piece.” On any project – and in life – there are three levels of thinking.

“Last Planner® can be understood as a mechanism for transforming what SHOULD be done into what CAN be done, thus

5S is a system for organizing where your work is done, whether that is on a construction site, in an

The term ”Lean” came from John Krafcik who was a graduate student at MIT, working for Lean Enterprise Institute founder