Description

Jason opens with a promise to keep a more positive tone, then shares a lesson a colleague helped him name: the false sense of security that comes from a system implemented only part of the way. He shows how a CPM schedule built at the activity level, a pull plan with no tie to procurement or zones, or a Takt plan that was never checked for buffers and leveling can all leave a team feeling safe while the project drifts toward a crash landing. Using a surveying example, where a traverse closed with excellent accuracy but was still off when overlaid on the given coordinates, he makes the case for finishing the last 5% of every effort and checking the work all the way down.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• How a schedule, a pull plan, or a Takt plan can give a team a false sense of security when it's only partly implemented
• Why a CPM schedule detailed down to the activity level can hide trade stacking until a project is far along
• What to verify after a pull plan or Takt plan is built: zones, buffers, leveling, work density, procurement, and how it ties to the master schedule
• The surveying lesson of a traverse that closed beautifully but was still off when overlaid on the given coordinates
• Why finishing the last 5% of every effort, by checking it all the way down, matters, and how it ties to "conversation and consequences" from the last episode

Which of your systems have you checked off as done, and what would you find if you dug the last 5% deeper?

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