Visualizing Projects

by Mark Woeppel

Discover why implementing visual project management is critical to success – and more effective than you ever imagined.You’ll A step by step approach to creating a visual project board2. Why project meetings suck and how to make them productive3. How to use a visual project board to successfully build collaboration4. How to create and communicate a priority system that everyone can see and agree on5. What to do to improve your team's productivity6. How to use measurements to get better team performanceA Look “If you’re not achieving the progress you want, your biggest opportunity for progress is not better planning, but more effective execution that addresses the real reasons projects are late”“By visualizing the work in progress, priorities can be identified by objective observation rather than subjective politics.”“We find that, in general, most project organizations have at least 50% more capacity than they actually need. But their capacity is lost primarily through the stopping and starting, the working out of sequence, the waiting, the set-up times – all of that comes out of not seeing where we are.”“Once you visualize your process, priorities are no longer set by whoever complains the loudest or calls most frequently, but by the facts everyone can see.”“One of the first major contributions of visualization is that it often exposes the hidden process steps and work that have previously gone unmanaged.”

Genres: Business

43 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 19, 2015

About the author

Mark J. Woeppel is the founder and President of Pinnacle Strategies International, a management consulting firm focused on improving productivity in production, project management, and knowledge work. The author of two earlier books—Manufacturer’s Guide to Implementing the Theory of Constraints and Projects in Less Time: A Synopsis of Critical Chain—Woeppel has also penned numerous white papers and eBooks and has taught or lectured at several universities, including Northwestern Kellogg School, California Institute of Technology, and the University of Kansas. Married to the same fantastic woman for over thirty years, he is also the father of three wonderful adult children.