Your actions plans can be viewed on the “Projects Steps” screen and/or using a
Gantt Chart view.
| Project
Folders |
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Implementing Lean is difficult and those
responsible have little time to waste searching for information. Lean Project Manager puts the
information you need at your fingertips. The software automatically creates a project folder every
time you enter a new project. Your project team can use the project folder to store and share
documents, pictures, drawings and other electronic files. When the information is needed, simply
filter the project list, click on the project name, and then click on the link to the project folder.
See our Learning Center Article
Preventing Hundreds of Hours of Lean Project Waste.
| Prioritizing Projects |
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Trying to get everything done can overwhelm
your team. Keeping everyone focused on work that delivers the “biggest bang for the buck” will make sure you get
the most done. Lean Project Manager keeps the most important work at the top of everyone’s list by ranking each
project in order of importance. You can easily customize the ranking criteria or use the supplied criteria.
A project rank is established as new projects are entered. High ranking projects show up at the top of the
project lists.
| Resource
Allocation |
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The “strong horse gets the whip”
may be a fine way to get something done quickly, but a Lean transition takes time. Relying too much on
your top performers will burn them out and slow you down.
Lean Project Manager prevents key people from being overloaded and ensures others are not under
tasked. The software uses a practical method to visually display project loading by breaking each
person’s project list into two sections - a top priority list and a list of
“Additional Active Projects”. The visual display keeps your team is focused on finishing
top priority work. We call this focusing on “Project Finishes” rather than “Project Work-In-Process”.
| Measurement
Functionality |
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Lean projects are chosen to accomplish
measurable goals. The goals cascade through the different levels of your organization. The number of
measures increases as you move to lower levels. Cost reduction translates to increased productivity
then to number of operators per work cell, walking distance, cycle time, change-over time, etc.
Lean project manager gives you the ability to associate each project with multiple measures.
You can then record the Before (current), After (target), and Verification (actual) for each
metric. These metrics can be “rolled-up” into progress reports saving valuable time preparing for
status reports to management.
