ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the application of Lean concepts to manage projects, providing practical advice and guidance for project implementation and delivery. Guidance spans a range of techniques from how to use visual agendas to maximising participation in workshops to running a successful retrospective to remove unnecessary waste. The chapter presents a range of tools to use to manage projects within people own organisation. It provides a number of tools and examples on how to apply Lean concepts when managing projects. The chapter focuses on people, adding value, visualisations and eliminating wastes, it is easy to transfer the principles of Lean to project management. It also explores that how many of the concepts can be applied to people day-to-day work and business operations. Lean places people, processes and perfectionism themes at its centre, valuing the skillset of people. Process mapping is the technique of mapping the sequence of actions which get people from the start to the end of an activity.
