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…
Comply with my Takt Schedule Health Metrics…
- The value parametric
- The efficiency parametric
- The stability parametric
- It has trade buy-in.
- It includes buffers according to the risk analysis.
- It has the proper percentages of flow.
- >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.
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.