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Project Managers: Stop Asking your Team, “Will You Be On Time?” There’s a Better Way

Project Managers: Stop Asking your Team, "Will You Be On Time?" There's a Better Way

The Fever Chart: Turn Project Obstacles into On-Time Triumphs

Lean Focus - The Fever Chart: Turn Project Obstacles into On-Time Triumphs

Mastering Hybrid Project Management with Visual Project Manager (VPM)

Lean Focus - Mastering Hybrid Project Management with Visual Project Manager (VPM)

RACI Charts: The Secret Weapon for Smooth Product Launches

Lean Focus - RACI Charts: The Secret Weapon for Smooth Product Launches

Case Study: Lean Transformation to Meet Revenue Expectations

Lean Focus - Case Study: Lean Transformation to Meet Revenue Expectations

The Transformative Power of Lean Innovation

Phase-Gate has fallen behind. SMART Phase-Gate takes the win!

Lean Focus - Phase-Gate has fallen behind. SMART Phase-Gate takes the win!

Why Have Phase-Gate Systems Fallen So Far Behind?

Lean Focus - Why Have Phase-Gate Systems Fallen So Far Behind?

What’s wrong with Gantt Charts?

Lean Focus - Gantt Charts

Quotes That Changed My Life

Lean Focus - Quotes that Changed my Life

A Hypothesis in a Solution’s Clothing

Lean Focus - Cracking the Code: Strategies for Working with Five Types of Lean CEOs

Simplify, Engage, and Engagement

Simplify, Engage, and Engagement

The Rise of the Gembites

Lean Focus - The Rise of the Gembites

Transactional Process Improvement: A Tool Every Innovator Should Be Using

Lean Focus - Transactional Process Improvement: A Tool Every Innovator Should Be Using

Take the Chaos out of Sustaining Project Management

Lean Focus - Take the Chaos out of Sustaining Project Management

30-Minute Innovation Checkup

Lean Focus - 30-Minute Innovation Checkup

Product Roadmap Event. #5 in the Seven Tool Series

Lean Focus - Product Roadmap Event. #5 in the Seven Tool Series

Product Roadmap Event: One of the Seven Tool Series

Lean Focus - Product Roadmap Event

Lean Metrics: Scoreboards vs. Weather Reports

Lean Metrics: Scoreboards vs. Weather Reports

The Way of Band-Aids

Lean Focus - The Way of Band-Aids

Seven Tools Series: The Extreme Transparency of the “Snapshot” Fever Chart

Lean Focus - Seven Tools Series: The Extreme Transparency of the "Snapshot" Fever Chart

The Extreme Transparency of the Fever Chart

Lean Focus - The Extreme Transparency of the Fever Chart

Four Bad Reasons to Avoid Gemba

Lean Focus - Four Bad Reasons to Avoid Gemba

Seven-Tools Series: Visual Project Management and Lean Phase-Gate

Lean Focus - Seven-Tools Series: Visual Project Management and Lean Phase-Gate

Back to Basics: Seven Innovation Tools that Deliver

Lean Focus - Back to Basics

Deploy Kaizen Solutions in 3 Steps

Lean Focus - Deploy Kaizen Solutions in 3 Steps - George Ellis

Too many projects? Too much waste!

Lean Focus - Too Many Projects?

Problem Solving: Think Before Automating

Lean Focus - Problem Solving: Think Before Automating

Change is Hard Work

Lean Focus - Change is Hard Work

The Waste of Information Friction

Lean Focus - The Waste of Information Friction

Untested Assumptions? Waste Will Follow!

Lean Focus Team Meeting

Phase-Gate Systems Need Kaizen Care

More Than You Think! The Real Cost of Project Delay.

Does Lean Thinking Work Innovation?

Lean Focus - Does Lean Thinking Work Innovation?

Oversubscription Hides Waste

New Products: Launch for Success

Bring Projects in On Time with the Fever Chart

The Innovation Journey Newsletter

Lean Focus - The Innovation Journey Newsletter

The Eight Wastes of Knowledge Work

Lean Focus - Eight Wastes of Knowledge Work

A Structured Approach to Lean Knowledge Work

Lean Focus - A Structured Approach to Lean Knowledge Work

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