A major U.S. defense contractor
Delivery schedules accelerated by four months or more, again and again.
On defense programs of more than 400 people and schedules of up to 3,000 tasks.
4+ monthscut from delivery schedules
400+people per program
100+in-house practitioners
The situation
Multi-year defense programs: 400 to 500+ engineers across 10 to 20 disciplines, subcontractors, and master schedules of 8,000 to 15,000 tasks.
What changed
Each program got one schedule tied to the master plan, schedule margin on the major deliverables instead of padding on every task, and a daily stand-up on what was holding up delivery.
The result
- Scaled to programs of more than 400 people, with schedules of 500 to 3,000 tasks.
- Built a community of over 100 in-house practitioners.
- Repeatedly shortened deliveries by 4 months or more.
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