Jason continues the production control series with part four on roadblock removal. He makes a bold claim: the industry has no business talking about percent plan complete until it can demonstrate a fanatical, visual roadblock removal system. He then walks through the five pillars that make roadblock removal actually work, from using buffers and seeing deviations, to running real make ready lookahead conversations, to maintaining color coded roadblock maps in Bluebeam, to managing buffers as a finite resource that has to last to the end of the project.

What you'll learn in this episode:

• Why a Takt plan lets you see, remove, and absorb roadblocks in a way CPM cannot

• Why a five day Takt locked between Monday and Saturday prevents single day buffer use

• How to run real make ready lookahead conversations that go beyond "is it ready?"

• How roadblock maps in Bluebeam with color coded polygons make blockages visible at a glance

• Why project leaders need to be chemically addicted to checking the roadblock board first thing every morning

• Why managing buffers across the life of the project is just as important as using them

Without a fanatical roadblock removal system, Takt planning can't function. Build the system, work it daily, and let buffers do their job.

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