Readiness check

Is your jobsite flowing or stopping and starting?

Lean construction is about reliable workflow, crews flowing without waiting on each other, and that only happens when the work is made ready before the crew shows up. Answer for how your project is actually planned, not the master schedule on the wall. The score stays on your device; enter an email only if you want the lean construction checklist sent over.

1. Do the trades pull-plan collaboratively, working backward from milestones, or is the schedule imposed?Yes, the trades build the plan by pull planningWe share the CPM and ask for inputThe schedule is handed down

2. Is there a look-ahead that screens upcoming work and removes constraints?Yes, a make-ready look-ahead clears constraintsA look-ahead, but no constraint removalNo look-ahead process

3. Do you make work ready (material, info, predecessor, access) before scheduling it?Yes, only ready work gets scheduledSometimes we catch constraints lateWe schedule it and find out

4. Do crews commit only to work that is actually ready in the weekly plan?Yes, commitments are to ready work onlyWe commit and hope it clearsNo weekly commitments

5. Do you measure percent plan complete (did we do what we said)?Yes, PPC tracked every weekWe track progress looselyNo PPC

6. Do you analyze the why-not (the reasons commitments failed) and fix the cause?Yes, why-not analysis fixes the systemWe note misses but do not actNo variance analysis

7. Is waiting and rework treated as the enemy (waste), not the worker?Yes, we attack the waste in the flowWe push the crews harderWe blame the trades when it slips

8. Is lean treated as a culture and behavior change, not a software purchase?Yes, the trades own it and collaborateWe bought a tool and hopedNot really practiced