Takt Integrity Checklist
We have also been asked to provide a quick integrity checklist to remind project teams of the requirements they must meet to have completed a Takt plan that is whole. This list is also included in the Takt Excel template.
Does my Takt plan…
Meet the following requirements…
- Visual schedule showing time and space
- Showing work, trade, and logistical flow (when, what, where)
- Scheduled on a rhythm
- With the appropriate buffers
- That stabilizes the pace of work with one-process flow and limiting work in process
- With a reasonable overall project duration
Does my Takt plan…
Have a solid…
- Rhythm
- Continuity
- Consistency, and,
- Overall Duration
Does my Takt plan…
Obey…
- Little’s Law
- The Law of Bottlenecks
- The Law of the Effect of Variation
- Kingman’s Formula
- Brooks’s Law
Does my Takt plan…
Enable you to…
- Show it on one page?
- See all three types of flow?
- Bring materials JIT?
- Prefabricate on a rhythm?
- Have Trades control geographical areas?
We hope this checklist has been helpful in deciding if your Takt plan is whole and serving you well.
Does my Takt plan…
Comply with my Takt Schedule Health Metrics…
- The value parametric
- The efficiency parametric
- The stability parametric
- With the appropriate buffers
- It has trade buy-in.
- It includes buffers according to the risk analysis.
- 80% for trade flow
- 60% for workflow
- It has all ancillary, infrastructure, and support activities included in it.
- It shows interdependence ties between phases.
- It shows critical milestones and where they land in the schedule.
- It blocks out Thanksgiving and Christmas as a buffer week.
- It shows come-back areas.
- It shows the impact of weather on the Takt plan.
- It was reviewed in a “fresh eyes” meeting with a group of peers that will make, when combined, over 100 years of experience in the review of your plan before submitting a GMP.