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What Does Lean Mean? Find Out
There’s a degree of lean that’s right for every risk profile. There are tools available today that can help preserve management time, reduce risk and lower operating costs. An integrated lean approach builds a sustainable good process—and that’s an advantage in any economic climate.

Understanding the Lean Approach

02. A lean initiative starts with:

A.) The Customer
B.) The Service Provider
C.) An Outside Consultant

03. A lean initiative will most likely be successful if it is organizationally driven from the:

A.) Top Down
B.) Bottom Up
C.) From the Middle
D.) None of the Above

04. A lean approach to project delivery in the built environment requires:

A.) Six Sigma
B.) Detailed Value Stream Mapping
C.) A PhD in Operations
D.) None of the Above

05. Which of the following practices would not be considered as a lean approach?

A.) Target Costing
B.) Lessons Learned
C.) Using Design Standards
D.) Rotating Project Managers Monthly

06. Lean approaches to project delivery typically deliver positive results in which key areas?

A.) Lower Costs (Capital)
B.) Shorter Schedules
C.) Less Rework/Waste
D.) Added Value
E.) All of the Above

07. Firmly setting project scope with consensus of key stakeholders is a key lean approach technique.

A.) True
B.) False

08. Lean approaches to project delivery are best integrated into an organization:

A.) Quickly and All at Once
B.) As a Pilot Program with training and carefully set objectives to keep lean and apply lessons
C.) Very Slowly, Only using the brightest most passionate project managers

09. Using a lean approach eliminates the need to closely monitor progress and predetermined success metrics.

A.) True
B.) False

10. Lean initiatives for project delivery is slowing catching on and will have minimal impact on how future projects will be managed and how clients’ expectations will be formed.

A.) True
B.) False