PPMP20009 Leading Lean Projects - Assessment 1

Assessment Tasks:

You have been hired as a Lean consultant to produce a brief report on the use of Lean transformation projects for supply chain and warehouse organisations, based on the given case study.
Your submission must discuss the following topics:
1) The case study describes a business process that is different from traditional manufacturing. Using the examples from the case study or other Lean transformation projects for warehousing, explain how the following concepts of a lean framework are manifested in a warehousing project:
a) Voice of the Customer
b) Critical Customer Requirements
c) Critical to Quality
d) Critical to Process
2) Select 4 of the 8 Wastes of Lean that apply to the case study and demonstrate how each waste relates to one or more PMBOK Knowledge Areas or PRINCE2 Themes:

a) How was the waste reduced in the case study?
b) What was the effect on the project overall?
c) What tools or techniques from PMBOK or PRINCE2 were applied in achieving this?
3) Select 3 principles from the House of Lean as discussed during week 1 lecture.
Demonstrate how the application of these principles helped achieve project success.
4) As a conclusion, write a short reflection on the people management aspect of the case study (transformation project) and also list 2 lessons you have learned from this case study that may help you manage people more effectively in your career.