The 10 Commandments of Takt If your schedule does not obey these 10 commandments It is not a Takt plan. Doing Takt the wrong way is as bad as not doing a Takt plan at all. 01 Takt plans must be highly visual & clear 02 Takt plans must protect work, crew or trade flow without stacking 03 Takt plans must be scheduled on a rhythm, with continuity & consistency 04 Takt plans must include the appropriate buffers to absorb the risks of the phase 05 Takt plans must be on a takt time by takt zone, and shown with space on the left & time on the top 06 Takt plans must be properly leveled according to work density and optimized with little’s law 07 Takt projects must limit work in process with one-process flow 08 Takt projects must focus on quality by planning it first, building it right the first time, and finishing as you go 09 Takt projects must focus on roadblock removal ahead of the train and the adjustments of constraints in the train 10 Takt plans must have a reasonable overall project duration that will not hurt workers