The traditional way to try speeding up projects does not work. Adding short-notice excess labor, bringing materials to the site outside of JIT and too soon to the zone, increasing work in progress above the capacity of resources, throwing money at the problem [as suggested by CPM crashing strategies] and rushing, pushing, and panicking people will only extend your project duration, not shorten it. Not only are those methods not Lean because they disrespect people, they are also ineffective. So it might be helpful to discuss how a project can be sped up. There are many healthy ways, but I want to mention five in this blog post.
