{"id":86,"date":"2009-07-16T10:14:45","date_gmt":"2009-07-16T10:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indigobusiness.co.uk\/blog\/?p=86"},"modified":"2023-06-23T09:05:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T09:05:34","slug":"lean-project-management-%e2%80%93-isn%e2%80%99t-that-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpblog.indigobusiness.co.uk\/lean-project-management-%e2%80%93-isn%e2%80%99t-that-the-point\/","title":{"rendered":"Lean project management \u2013 isn\u2019t that the point?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When an organisation needs to make a strategic improvement, it needs to flex its project management muscles.\u00a0 <\/span>Good project managers get to work defining and planning the project \u2013 identifying key deliverables.\u00a0 <\/span>The deliverables are the benefits that will be derived from the successful implementation of the project.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Now I am certain that, at this crucial scoping point of the project, no-one takes the opposing view to the Lean principles and says: \u201clet\u2019s make this project as expensive as possible, take up huge amounts of time and not deliver the value to the organisation and its customers\u201d.\u00a0 <\/span>Surely, every organisation wants to deliver projects as efficiently as possible with excellent results???<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Herein lies the problem.\u00a0 <\/span>Every organisation wants to do this, but most do not usually know how.\u00a0 <\/span>It requires creativity.\u00a0 <\/span>There, we said it.\u00a0 <\/span>The discipline of project management, which is often perceived as a \u2018hard skill\u2019 and filled with templates and Gantt charts, needs creativity to be delivered with a lean approach.\u00a0 <\/span>Does your organisation know how to take creativity seriously and come up with new ideas?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

de Bono\u2019s Simplicity workshop applies Lateral Thinking™ tools to come up with new ideas to streamline process and projects.\u00a0 <\/span>It\u2019s a value-based model that delivers not just a \u2018lean philosophy\u2019, but also systematic methods for turning this into a workable solution.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Stop just talking lean, and get your organisation down the gym.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

James.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

James Arnum-White<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Senior Consultant<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

t. 020 8337 7140<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

e. jamesaw@indigobusiness.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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