What is Lean Project Management?

Lean project management is the application of Lean principles, perfected by Toyota, to the discipline of project management. The two fundamental focuses are: delivering value to the customer and minimizing waste, and Lean project managers strive to deliver projects successfully while remaining true to these values.

Lean project management centers on the needs of the customer. It is the customer who identifies value in your process, basing on which you map the process value stream and establish the pull-based flow. Throughout the project lifecycle, improvement opportunities are noted and acted upon, to ensure constant process growth and optimization.

Adhering to Lean project management ideas, you can achieve shorter lead times, cost reduction across the board, improved quality and customer satisfaction, and better process efficiency and predictability.