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	Almost, every production- and service companies are being face with projects in their daily routine. This could be a new product being introduced or maybe a team leader has to optimize a production line in order to meet the new forecasts. Many different types of tools, methods and systems can be use, In order to manage such projects. Some of the best project management tools can be found in the Lean toolbox. The Lean concept contains several tools that can be applied in different ways and –situations. It would often be a good idea for a company to use Lean as project management tool, in order to maintain their competitiveness.		Almost, every production- and service companies are being face with projects in their daily routine. This could be a new product being introduced or maybe a team leader has to optimize a production line in order to meet the new forecasts. Many different types of tools, methods and systems can be use, In order to manage such projects. Some of the best project management tools can be found in the Lean toolbox. The Lean concept contains several tools that can be applied in different ways and –situations. It would often be a good idea for a company to use Lean as project management tool, in order to maintain their competitiveness.

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	# Flow is when the product and the information only go through value adding activities in a continuously movement. The flow is being applied by removing all waste within the value stream.		# Flow is when the product and the information only go through value adding activities in a continuously movement. The flow is being applied by removing all waste within the value stream.
	# The process should only start when the customer gives you the demand for the product. It would therefore be a sound idea to implement a pull-system, where the activities only start when the successor activity gives a signal. This way, no products are being brought or produced, just to fill up the inventory.		# The process should only start when the customer gives you the demand for the product. It would therefore be a sound idea to implement a pull-system, where the activities only start when the successor activity gives a signal. This way, no products are being brought or produced, just to fill up the inventory.
	# The main goal in the Lean-system is to remove waste. However, there will always be waste in a production and it is therefore important to keep improving and look for waste. This culture of continuously improvement is called Kaizen. In Japanese, Kai means change and Zen means for the better. To be able to keep improving is the key factor in maintaining competitiveness.		# The main goal in the Lean-system is to remove waste. However, there will always be waste in a production and it is therefore important to keep improving and look for waste. This culture of continuously improvement is called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaizen Kaizen]. In Japanese, Kai means change and Zen means for the better. To be able to keep improving is the key factor in maintaining competitiveness.

	=What is Lean as a project management tool?=		=What is Lean as a project management tool?=

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	The companies, which are using Lean in their projects, will try to meet the five Lean principles, listed below<ref>[''http://www.lean.org/WhatsLean/Principles.cfm''] Principles of Lean. Visit 06.09.2015 </ref>.		The companies, which are using Lean in their projects, will try to meet the five Lean principles, listed below<ref>[''http://www.lean.org/WhatsLean/Principles.cfm''] Principles of Lean. Visit 06.09.2015 </ref>.

	# This step is about identifying who the costumer is and which activities are adding value to the final product from his point of view. It is therefore an essential part of this step, to sort-out the customers wishes and needs. This is why it’s important to ask the customer about his expectations to the final product. You can also say that the product, which the customer receives, has to fulfill the 7 r’s of logistics: right product, right place, right price, right customer, right condition, right time and right quality<ref>[''http://logisticssupplychainmanagement.blogspot.dk/2008/09/scm-goals-seven-rights.html''] The 7 r’s of logistics. Visit 13.09.2015 </ref>. The reason why the customer has to be involved in the process is because, only the customer know what value actually is to the customer. All activities within the production have to be reviewed in order to detect what the customer would see as waste. This is called “Muda” in the Lean philosophy. This will also make the production more flexible and create a much better flow in the production process. It is important to notice that this customer can also be an internal customer within the same company, if the product has to go through department/production to another.		# This step is about identifying who the costumer is and which activities are adding value to the final product from his point of view. It is therefore an essential part of this step, to sort-out the customers wishes and needs. This is why it’s important to ask the customer about his expectations to the final product. You can also say that the product, which the customer receives, has to fulfill the 7 r’s of logistics: right product, right place, right price, right customer, right condition, right time and right quality<ref>[''http://logisticssupplychainmanagement.blogspot.dk/2008/09/scm-goals-seven-rights.html''] The 7 r’s of logistics. Visit 13.09.2015 </ref>. The reason why the customer has to be involved in the process is because, only the customer know what value actually is to the customer. All activities within the production have to be reviewed in order to detect what the customer would see as waste. This is called [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muda_(Japanese_term) “Muda”] in the Lean philosophy. This will also make the production more flexible and create a much better flow in the production process. It is important to notice that this customer can also be an internal customer within the same company, if the product has to go through department/production to another.
	# When identifying the value stream, it’s important see on the whole picture. This will give you a better overview when going through all the steps and make it easier to tell value from waste. The whole value stream should be taken into an account when doing optimizations.		# When identifying the value stream, it’s important see on the whole picture. This will give you a better overview when going through all the steps and make it easier to tell value from waste. The whole value stream should be taken into an account when doing optimizations.
	# Flow is when the product and the information only go through value adding activities in a continuously movement. The flow is being applied by removing all waste within the value stream.		# Flow is when the product and the information only go through value adding activities in a continuously movement. The flow is being applied by removing all waste within the value stream.

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	The following section is going to explain the history behind Lean as a project management tool.		The following section is going to explain the history behind Lean as a project management tool.

	In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was Just In Time (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Minute_Exchange_of_Die SMED], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemba Gemba], [[Kaizen Event]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban Kanban].		In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just-in-Time_Manufacturing Just In Time] (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Minute_Exchange_of_Die SMED], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemba Gemba], [[Kaizen Event]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban Kanban].

	So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.		So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.

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	Doing- and after the execution of the project processes, the projects are being monitored. This is to ensure the continuously improvement culture of Kaizen. Like in the Kata projects, whiteboards can be used to structure and implement improvements. Use of this tool has shown great improvement. The users have experienced a 4 times higher productivity and a 12 times better quality of the output<ref>Medina, Ángel: Agile Kaizen: ''Managing Continuous Improvement Far Beyond Retrospectives'': Springer, 2014. </ref>. A project manager using the Kaizen principles can improve the project output in the short run. In the long run, the project leader can use the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to monitor the project status. The KPI’s is an efficient tool that tells the user weather the task has been accomplished, indicated by green, or have not been accomplished, indicated by red. This way the project manager, the stakeholder and the employees can all see what still needs to be done.		Doing- and after the execution of the project processes, the projects are being monitored. This is to ensure the continuously improvement culture of Kaizen. Like in the Kata projects, whiteboards can be used to structure and implement improvements. Use of this tool has shown great improvement. The users have experienced a 4 times higher productivity and a 12 times better quality of the output<ref>Medina, Ángel: Agile Kaizen: ''Managing Continuous Improvement Far Beyond Retrospectives'': Springer, 2014. </ref>. A project manager using the Kaizen principles can improve the project output in the short run. In the long run, the project leader can use the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_indicator Key Performance Indicators] (KPI) to monitor the project status. The KPI’s is an efficient tool that tells the user weather the task has been accomplished, indicated by green, or have not been accomplished, indicated by red. This way the project manager, the stakeholder and the employees can all see what still needs to be done.

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	In his book “Toyota Kata”<ref>Rother, Mike: ''Toyota Kata'': 1. edition. Mc Graw Hill, 2010. </ref> Mike Rother describes how to lead, manage and develop your people doing the execution of a project. The term Kata originates from the Lean term Kaizen. The definitions of Kaizen is continuously improvement. Kata varies from this definition, by not just focusing on doing the improvements, but also on how to do the improvement the right way. The project manager has to lead and develop the employees to do the project task themselves as the project goes on, when doing a Kata project. The project lead needs to focus on facilitating the Kata meetings and make the employees do the work tasks. This way the employees will participate and take ownership in the project. The employees will then slowly assume the responsibility and take actions themselves if problems with the project or the equipment should occur. It can sometimes be difficult to see how the project can reach its goal doing the initiation of the project. However, many Lean tools can assist the project manager in reaching the project goal along the way. One of these tools is the PDCA-cycle.		In his book “Toyota Kata”<ref>Rother, Mike: ''Toyota Kata'': 1. edition. Mc Graw Hill, 2010. </ref> Mike Rother describes how to lead, manage and develop your people doing the execution of a project. The term Kata originates from the Lean term Kaizen. The definitions of Kaizen is continuously improvement. Kata varies from this definition, by not just focusing on doing the improvements, but also on how to do the improvement the right way. The project manager has to lead and develop the employees to do the project task themselves as the project goes on, when doing a Kata project. The project lead needs to focus on facilitating the Kata meetings and make the employees do the work tasks. This way the employees will participate and take ownership in the project. The employees will then slowly assume the responsibility and take actions themselves if problems with the project or the equipment should occur. It can sometimes be difficult to see how the project can reach its goal doing the initiation of the project. However, many Lean tools can assist the project manager in reaching the project goal along the way. One of these tools is the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDCA PDCA-cycle].
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	The following section is going to explain the history behind Lean as a project management tool.		The following section is going to explain the history behind Lean as a project management tool.

	In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was Just In Time (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Minute_Exchange_of_Die SMED], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemba Gemba], [[Kaizen Event]] and Kanban.		In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was Just In Time (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Minute_Exchange_of_Die SMED], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemba Gemba], [[Kaizen Event]] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban Kanban].

	So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.		So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.

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	In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was Just In Time (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Minute_Exchange_of_Die SMED], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemba ~~GEMBA~~], [[Kaizen Event]] and Kanban.		In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was Just In Time (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Minute_Exchange_of_Die SMED], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemba Gemba], [[Kaizen Event]] and Kanban.

	So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.		So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.

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	In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was Just In Time (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Minute_Exchange_of_Die SMED], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], GEMBA, [[Kaizen Event]] and Kanban.		In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was Just In Time (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Minute_Exchange_of_Die SMED], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemba GEMBA], [[Kaizen Event]] and Kanban.

	So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.		So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.

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	In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was Just In Time (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], SMED, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], GEMBA, [[Kaizen Event]] and Kanban.		In the 1930’ies, a man called Taiichi Ohno invented a series of management tools. One of these tools was Toyota Production System (TPS)<ref>Ohno, Taiichi: ''Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production'': Kindle Edition. Norman Bodek. </ref>. TPS is a management philosophy, which consisted of several tools, which have been added and developed continuing to the toolbox. In short, TPS is focusing on optimizing the flow throughout the whole production process and meet the costumers needs. However, it was only in the 1990’ies that this philosophy were given the name Lean. John Kraficit, James P. Womack, Daniel T. Jones, and Daniel Roos were the first ones who used the term, when they described the Japanese production theories in the book “The Machine, That Changed The World”<ref>Kraficit, John, Womack, James P., Jones, Daniel T., and Roos, Daniel: ''The Machine, That Changed The World'': First Edition. Copyrighted Material. </ref>. An example of one of these theories, presented in the book, was Just In Time (JIT), which almost every production- and service companies are using nowadays. Other famous Lean tools are [[The A3 report]], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-Minute_Exchange_of_Die SMED], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5S_(methodology) 5S], GEMBA, [[Kaizen Event]] and Kanban.

	So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.		So far, Toyota holds the title of being the world leading company when it comes to Lean, with the TPS. There has been a massive request on the Lean project management tools, since the 1990’ies and this is why countless of books and video guides have been made about the Lean philosophy and the Lean tools.