The EBFC Show

By Felipe Engineer ManriquezBusiness Technology Management

The EBFC Show episodes

September 13Why Construction Schedules Fail and What Last Planner Does Differently
Samir Emdanat, President of vPlanner, shares the story behind vPlanner and the decades of project experience, Lean thinking, production planning, and problem solving that led to its creation. Together, Felipe Engineer-Manriquez and Samir explore why traditional construction schedules can become fragile, why the Last Planner System requires more than simply moving sticky notes backward from a milestone, and how teams can use real-time production data to make better decisions.

Through stories spanning General Motors, early BIM and 3D workflows, Sutter Health, Integrated Project Delivery, complex healthcare commissioning, takt planning, and the evolution of vPlanner, Samir explains why improving construction starts with understanding the production system before automating it. They also dig into PPC, commitment levels, reasons for variance, visual planning, supply chain activities, Kanban-style workflows, and why trends often tell leaders more than averages.

If you are a construction leader, superintendent, project manager, scheduler, Lean coach, production engineer, owner, architect, trade partner, field engineer, or anyone interested in Last Planner System, Lean Construction, takt planning, collaborative planning, or improving construction scheduling, this episode will challenge how you think about plans, metrics, software, and production systems.
📌 Key Takeaways You’ll Gain:
Why traditional CPM schedules can create fragile construction plans
How Last Planner System differs from simply scheduling backward
Why value stream mapping improves collaborative planning
How vPlanner grew from solving a complex healthcare commissioning problem
Why construction teams should understand a process before automating it
How takt planning can improve construction and commissioning workflows
Why PPC trends matter more than PPC averages
How commitment level and percent required complete reveal different aspects of plan reliability
Why teams should track reasons for variance and learn from missed commitments
How visual planning helps field teams understand complex production information
Why digital planning and physical visuals can work better together
How supply chain and procurement activities belong in production planning
Why Kanban-style workflows still need construction logic and sequencing
How early IPD projects helped advance collaborative planning and production systems
Why software should support team behavior instead of replacing good planning
How better construction metrics help teams see problems and react faster

Follow for more conversations on Lean Construction, Last Planner System, Construction Scrum, leadership, production systems, takt planning, Integrated Project Delivery, AI in construction, collaborative planning, and practical strategies that make construction easier, better, and more human. 🚀

---
Today's episode is sponsored by the Field Verified. Elevate your construction career and enhance your company's performance by mastering the crucial aspect of building enclosure management with Field Verified's specialized training. Address the major challenge of managing building enclosures, a common source of construction failures. Get hands-on learning experience with real-world construction scenarios and mock-up installations for skill-building with leadership and team-focused strategies. By joining our course, you gain access to a proven program that not only covers technical aspects but also better practices for effective construction management. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach. Visit https://fieldverified.com for more insights, or contact us at 480-719-5090.
1 hr 20 min
June 29Why Respect for People Is Construction's Best Metric with Adam Hoots
In this conversation, Adam reflects on lessons learned from Buddy Brumley, the Old Dawgs Community, and years of experience building projects in the field. Together, Felipe Engineer-Manriquez and Adam Hoots discuss why many Lean principles have existed for decades, why communication matters more than terminology, how curiosity transforms leadership, and why the best construction metrics often can't be found on a dashboard. Through stories about superintendents, project teams, jobsite toilets, production systems, and listening to craft workers, they show that construction improves when leaders genuinely care about the people doing the work.

If you are a construction leader, superintendent, project manager, Lean coach, production engineer, owner, architect, trade partner, field engineer, scheduler, or anyone interested in building better teams and better projects, this episode will challenge how you think about leadership, trust, and measuring project success.

📌 Key Takeaways You’ll Gain:
Why respect for people is the most important Lean Construction principle
Why traditional construction KPIs often measure the past instead of predicting the future
How trust becomes a leading indicator for project performance
Why standing a project reveals more than walking a project
How curiosity creates stronger construction leadership
Why psychological safety improves production and collaboration
How Buddy Brumley's legacy continues to influence Lean Construction
Why clean job sites and clean toilets reveal healthy project culture
How emotional intelligence improves superintendent effectiveness
Why listening to field teams creates better production systems
How small acts of care transform construction culture
Why Lean Construction begins with people before processes

Follow for more conversations on Lean Construction, Construction Scrum, leadership, production systems, takt planning, Integrated Project Delivery, AI in construction, and practical strategies that make construction easier, better, and more human. 🚀

---
Connect with Adam via
The Lean Builder Podcast at https://theleanbuilder.com/
Website at https://constructionachesolutions.com/
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamhoots/
Old Dawg Lean Thesaurus: Making Lean Simple!
Book at Amazon https://amzn.to/4oUbwgj

Connect with Felipe via
Social media and Free Lean and Scrum Training Resources at https://thefelipe.bio.link
RSM Podia Course Link: https://store.theebfcshow.com/rsm
Subscribe to never miss new videos here: https://click.theebfcshow.com/youtube
Watch The EBFC Show Podcast https://click.theebfcshow.com/YouTube-Podcast

---
Today's episode is sponsored by the Field Verified. Elevate your construction career and enhance your company's performance by mastering the crucial aspect of building enclosure management with Field Verified's specialized training. Address the major challenge of managing building enclosures, a common source of construction failures. Get hands-on learning experience with real-world construction scenarios and mock-up installations for skill-building with leadership and team-focused strategies. By joining our course, you gain access to a proven program that not only covers technical aspects but also better practices for effective construction management. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach. Visit https://fieldverified.com for more insights, or contact us at 480-719-5090.
1 hr 3 min
May 18Using Lean Construction to Takt with Ines Verdun
In this episode of The EBFC Show, Ines Verdun shares her experiences about takt planning, Integrated Project Delivery, Lean Construction, production engineering, and how contracts shape production flow in construction.
Ines Verdun is a civil engineer with expertise in construction management and project delivery. She holds a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley College of Engineering, where she was an active member of the IPD Team at Cal Construction, focusing on Integrated Project Delivery methodologies. She also earned her Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from Universidad Politécnica Taiwan Paraguay and works as a Production Engineer at The Boldt Company in San Francisco.

In this conversation, Ines shares her journey from Paraguay to UC Berkeley and The Boldt Company, where she experienced firsthand how Lean Construction works inside a real construction project. Felipe and Ines explore why takt planning is not just a scheduling method, why IPD helps teams collaborate differently, and how the role of a production engineer connects the schedule, field, office, trade partners, and project goals.

The big idea: contracts shape production flow.

If you are a construction leader, project manager, superintendent, scheduler, Lean coach, production engineer, trade partner, architect, owner, or anyone interested in better project delivery, this episode will help you see why Lean tools work best when the contract, leadership, and team behaviors support shared accountability.

In this episode, we cover:
Why takt planning is a system, not just a schedule
How IPD supports Lean Construction and trade partner collaboration
Why traditional contracts can make Lean behavior harder
The difference between takt planning and CPM scheduling
How production engineers connect the field, office, and schedule
Why trade partners need shared goals to improve project flow
How risk and opportunity conversations support better project outcomes
Why leadership and transparency matter in Lean project delivery
How AI may accelerate construction management and project delivery

Subscribe for more conversations on Lean Construction, Construction Scrum, takt planning, Integrated Project Delivery, production systems, project delivery, leadership, and the future of construction.

#LeanConstruction #TaktPlanning #IntegratedProjectDelivery #ConstructionManagement #TheEBFCShow

🎧 Listen now, and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more insights that make construction easier and better! 🚀

Blogs:
How Integrated Project Delivery Enhances Takt Planning Implementation Mission Bernal Care Complex Case Study
https://leanconstructionblog.com/how-integrated-project-delivery-enhances-takt-planning-implementation-mission-bernal-care-complex-case-study.html

Definitions:
Takt Planning / Takt Production System
Takt Planning is a flow-based planning system that organizes design or construction work by location, trade, and rhythm so teams can move through the project in a predictable sequence without overcrowding, stopping, or starving downstream work. A Takt plan is a collaboration that results in a detailed one-page, one-process flow schedule focused on throughput, production, and creates flow. It works best when paired with Lean behaviors, daily coordination, constraint removal, and field production control.

Takt is not just a schedule. It is a production system that asks: What is the repeatable rhythm of work, where does each team go next, and what needs to be ready so nobody is waiting, stacking, or reworking?

Critical Path Method Scheduling (CPM)
Critical Path Method Scheduling is a logic-based scheduling method that maps activities, durations, and dependencies to identify the longest sequence of dependent work that determines the overall project completion date. Activities on the critical path have little or no float, meaning delays to those activities can directly delay the project unless the team resequences, adds resources, reduces duration, or changes the plan.

CPM shows the chain of tasks that drives the final milestone. It answers: What must finish before something else can start, which activities control the end date, and where do we have float to absorb change?

Simple Contrast
CPM tells us what sequence controls the finish date.
Takt tells us how work should flow through locations at a reliable rhythm.
In construction terms: CPM is milestone and dependency control; Takt is production flow control.

The EBFC Show Podcast:
Lean Construction Pioneer Iris Tommelein
https://www.theebfcshow.com/lean-construction-pioneer-iris-tommelein/
---
Connect with Ines via
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/inesverdun/

Connect with Felipe on social media and access FREE Lean and Scrum Training Resources at https://felipe.engineer/
Felipe’s PPC App
https://ppc-coach.ebfc.ai/
Subscribe to never miss new videos here: https://click.theebfcshow.com/youtube
Watch The EBFC Show Podcast https://click.theebfcshow.com/YouTube-Podcast

---
Today's episode is sponsored by Field Verified. Elevate your construction career and enhance your company's performance by mastering the crucial aspect of building enclosure management with Field Verified's specialized training. Address the major challenge of managing building enclosures, a common source of construction failures. Get hands-on learning experience with real-world construction scenarios and mock-up installations for skill-building with leadership and team-focused strategies. By joining our course, you gain access to a proven program that not only covers technical aspects but also better practices for effective construction management. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach. Visit https://fieldverified.com for more insights, or contact us at 480-719-5090.
1 hr 20 min
March 27Your Project Is Late Because You Believe These 10 Lies | Victor Ortiz Part 5
Most construction projects run on beliefs nobody questions.
Victor Ortiz breaks down 10 misconceptions that keep teams late, over budget, and stuck in blame. From treating projects as anything other than production systems to relying on schedules that only report failure, this episode challenges how construction actually operates.

If you lead projects or work in the field, this conversation will change how you see control, planning, and team performance.
---
Most construction teams don’t realize they’re running the wrong system.

You walk a job that’s slipping. People blame each other. The schedule gets updated. Nothing improves.

Victor Ortiz has seen this for 25+ years. He worked with Glenn Ballard and Greg Howell in the early days of lean construction. He’s coached projects across data centers, hospitals, and heavy industrial work. He also just received the LCI Northern California Lean Rock Star Award.

In this conversation, Victor breaks down 10 beliefs that keep projects late, over budget, and stuck in conflict.

You’ll hear why treating a project like anything other than a production system guarantees poor results. Why schedules report failure instead of preventing it. Why selecting the lowest bid creates more cost, not less. And why adding people to a late project makes it worse.

Victor also shares real stories from the field:
A nuclear project that stockpiled miles of pipe with nowhere to install it
Design teams making decisions without builder input
Trade partners sitting silent because no one asked them to lead
If you run projects, manage teams, or push lean adoption, you’ve seen these patterns. This episode gives you the language to challenge them and the logic to replace them.

Victor’s full breakdown of all 10 misconceptions blog is linked below.

🎧 Listen now, and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more insights that make construction easier and better! 🚀

Blogs:
Ten Misconceptions in Traditional Construction Changed by Lean
https://www.theebfcshow.com/blog/ten-misconceptions-in-traditional-construction-changed-by-lean/

Stop Losing Schedule Days: 30 Years of Last Planner System Failures (and How to Make Sure Your Project Isn’t Next)
https://www.theebfcshow.com/blog/stop-losing-schedule-days-30-years-of-last-planner-system-failures-and-how-to-make-sure-your-project-isnt-next/

---
Connect with Victor via
Email at [email protected]
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-ortiz-671301/

Connect with Felipe via
Social media and Free Lean and Scrum Training Resources at https://thefelipe.bio.link
RSM Podia Course Link: https://store.theebfcshow.com/rsm
Subscribe to never miss new videos here: https://click.theebfcshow.com/youtube
Watch The EBFC Show Podcast https://click.theebfcshow.com/YouTube-Podcast

---
Elevate your construction career and enhance your company's performance by mastering the crucial aspect of building enclosure management with Field Verified's specialized training. Address the major challenge of managing building enclosures, a common source of construction failures. Get hands-on learning experience with real-world construction scenarios and mock-up installations for skill-building with leadership and team-focused strategies. By joining our course, you gain access to a proven program that not only covers technical aspects but also better practices for effective construction management. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach. Visit https://fieldverified.com for more insights, or contact us at 480-719-5090.
2 hr 4 min
February 23 No Estimates, Maximum Results with Vasco Duarte
What if the estimates we fight so hard to defend are actually the very thing slowing us down?

In this episode, Felipe sits down with Vasco Duarte --- Agile coach, author of #NoEstimates, and host of the Scrum Master Toolbox podcast --- for a candid conversation about why traditional estimation may be creating more illusion than clarity... and what to do instead.

Vasco brings serious field credibility. He led initiatives at Nokia involving 500 people, 100 teams, across four continents. And he saw projects fail not because the work was impossible --- but because leaders trusted the plan more than the evidence unfolding in real time.

This conversation hits home for construction and project management professionals who operate under pressure, contracts, and commitments.

Key Takeaways
- 📊 Throughput beats upfront estimation --- forecasting based on actual delivery rate consistently outperforms speculative planning.
- 🔁 Scope is the real lever --- when time and budget are fixed, scope becomes the only honest variable.
- 🧠 Reality always wins --- complex work behaves stochastically. Plans that ignore this get punished.
- 🏗️ Pull planning isn't new --- software and construction independently discovered the same backward-planning principle.
- 🤝 Scrum is human work --- frameworks don't save teams; people do.

This episode isn't anti-planning.

It's anti-delusion.

Whether you're running a job site or leading a software team, this conversation will challenge how you think about forecasting, commitments, and control.

👍 Like and Subscribe

Connect with Vasco
Website: https://about.me/duarte_vasco

Connect with Felipe
Social media & free Lean and Scrum training resources:
https://thefelipe.bio.link

Registered Scrum Master (RSM) Course:
https://store.theebfcshow.com/rsm

Subscribe on YouTube:
https://click.theebfcshow.com/youtube

Watch The EBFC Show Podcast:
https://click.theebfcshow.com/YouTube-Podcast

Thank you Field Verified for Sponsoring today's show!

Elevate your construction career and enhance your company's performance by mastering the crucial aspect of building enclosure management with Field Verified's specialized training.

Managing building enclosures remains one of the most common sources of construction failure. Field Verified addresses this challenge through hands-on learning with real-world construction scenarios and mock-up installations, combined with leadership and team-focused strategies.

By joining the program, you gain access to proven technical practices and better construction management strategies that improve both performance and reliability in the field. Visit https://fieldverified.com for more insights or call 480-719-5090
---

50 min
January 24AI in Construction: How to Apply AI to Real Projects with Tom Feliz
Whether you’re a construction professional, tech enthusiast, or just curious about the future of work, this episode is packed with insights, philosophy, and practical advice. This show was filmed live from LCI Congress 2025. Tom Feliz, DataGrid’s Head of Growth, breaks down how construction professionals can practically apply AI to eliminate waste, improve productivity, and get home by 5 PM. Discover why AI won't take your job—but someone using AI might—and learn actionable first steps to leverage AI agents, visual language models, and automation in your daily construction workflows.

🎯 Key Topics & Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction at LCI Congress 2025
0:54 - What people misunderstand about AI in construction
3:17 - Why AI is the biggest invention of our lifetime
6:00 - How AI eliminates energy-draining tasks
9:48 - Favorite AI tools and large language models (LLMs)
10:47 - Creating your own AI board of directors
12:47 - Visual Language Models (VLMs) vs. LLMs for construction
13:48 - Solving the lessons learned problem with AI agents
22:35 - Why Tom chose construction over Silicon Valley
24:44 - Respect for people and clearing the path for field workers
28:34 - How to get started with DataGrid
30:26 - The 30-year welder who became an AI power user

🔑 Topics Covered:
Construction technology, lean construction, Last Planner System, AI agents, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), scheduling automation, target value design, construction productivity, field operations, construction innovation, digital transformation, construction AI tools, project management automation

📚 Resources Mentioned:
DataGrid: https://datagrid.com
Contact Tom: [email protected]
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement 2005: https://youtu.be/UF8uR6Z6KLc?si=4_spRDgZHgPdcnkv

💡 Key Takeaways:
✅ AI eliminates menial tasks so you can focus on creative problem-solving
✅ Start with simple automation for high-frequency, high-impact problems
✅ Visual Language Models handle construction documents better than standard LLMs
✅ You don't need coding skills—if you can manage people, you can build AI agents
✅ Lessons learned agents prevent repeating mistakes across projects

👉 Take Action:
Subscribe for more construction technology insights
Drop a comment: What's ONE task you'd automate with AI today?
Share this with someone in construction who needs to hear this

ConstructionAI #LeanConstruction #ConstructionTechnology #AIinConstruction #DataGrid

---
Connect with Tom via
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/tpfeliz/
Datagrid at https://www.datagrid.com/

Connect with Felipe via
Social media and Free Lean and Scrum Training Resources at https://thefelipe.bio.link
RSM Podia Course Link: https://store.theebfcshow.com/rsm
Subscribe to never miss new videos here: https://click.theebfcshow.com/youtube
Watch The EBFC Show Podcast https://click.theebfcshow.com/YouTube-Podcast

---
Today's episode is sponsored by Field Verified. Elevate your construction career and enhance your company's performance by mastering the crucial aspect of building enclosure management with Field Verified's specialized training. Address the major challenge of managing building enclosures, a common source of construction failures. Get hands-on learning experience with real-world construction scenarios and mock-up installations for skill-building with leadership and team-focused strategies. By joining our course, you gain access to a proven program that not only covers technical aspects but also better practices for effective construction management. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach. Visit https://fieldverified.com for more insights, or contact us at 480-719-5090.
36 min
December 03, 2025 AI in Construction: Adalia Zhao on BuildTrace - Change Orders & Innovation
In the FINAL EBFC Show episode of 2025, host Felipe Engineer-Manriquez sits down with Adalia Zhao, founder and CEO of BuildTrace, to talk about how AI is reshaping the future of construction—starting with change management. Adalia’s journey from counting 4,823 windows on a set of plans to becoming a Microsoft engineer and now AI startup founder is nothing short of inspiring.

Together, they dive deep into:
* Why “this doesn’t make sense” is the best way to spot innovation opportunities 🚨
* How BuildTrace automates drawing comparisons, estimates, and change tracking in minutes, not months ⏱️
* The power of learning on the job and betting on yourself 💪
* Overcoming barriers as a woman and immigrant in construction tech 🌍
* What GitHub for blueprints really looks like (hint: it’s amazing)

💡 Plus, Felipe reveals why he became an advisor to BuildTrace and why Adalia’s solution is exactly what construction needs right now.

🔥 If you’ve ever been buried in RFIs, confused by change orders, or frustrated by endless PDFs, this episode will hit home.
👉 Ready to build smarter in 2026 and beyond? Listen now, then connect with Adalia to explore if your team qualifies as an early design partner!

---
Connect with Adalia via
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/adalia-zhao/
Website at https://build-trace.com/

Connect with Felipe via Social media and Free Lean and Scrum Training Resources at https://thefelipe.bio.link
RSM Podia Course Link: https://store.theebfcshow.com/rsm
Subscribe to never miss new videos here: https://click.theebfcshow.com/youtube
Watch The EBFC Show Podcast https://click.theebfcshow.com/YouTube-Podcast

---
Elevate your construction career and enhance your company's performance by mastering the crucial aspect of building enclosure management with Field Verified's specialized training. Address the major challenge of managing building enclosures, a common source of construction failures. Get hands-on learning experience with real-world construction scenarios and mock-up installations for skill-building with leadership and team-focused strategies. By joining our course, you gain access to a proven program that not only covers technical aspects but also better practices for effective construction management. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach. Visit https://fieldverified.com for more insights, or contact us at 480-719-5090.

44 min
November 12, 2025 Lean Leadership & The Appearance Trap | Patrick Adams on Actual Improvement
What does real Lean leadership look like—and how do you avoid just looking Lean without being Lean? 🤔

Join host Felipe Engineer-Manriquez on The EBFC Show as he talks with Patrick Adams—Lean expert, international consultant, author of The Appearance Trap, and host of the Lean Solutions Podcast.

This episode dives deep into leadership, coaching, and continuous improvement that actually sticks in the real world—not just on paper. Patrick shares powerful stories from consulting around the globe, including a hospital transformation in Kazakhstan, Lean in education, and how organizations can evolve beyond cost-cutting into cultures of safety, quality, and delivery.

💡 In this episode:
* How Lean leadership has evolved post-2020
* What true continuous improvement looks like in construction and beyond
* Lessons from international consulting (including Kazakhstan 🇰🇿)
* Why daily management systems & leader standard work matter
* The danger of “fake Lean” and how to escape the appearance trap
* Building psychological safety and coaching for change
* The role of AI and modern tools in Lean transformation

Patrick also shares insights from his award-winning book The Appearance Trap, packed with practical guidance for anyone working to improve teams, processes, or culture.

📘 Grab Patrick’s book on Amazon at https://amzn.to/4ozVLdw
👍 If you’re passionate about Lean, leadership, and building better systems, hit that Like, Comment, and Subscribe—and let us know your favorite takeaway from the episode!
---
Connect with Patrick via
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickadamsii/
Website https://www.findleansolutions.com/

Connect with Felipe via Social media and Free Lean and Scrum Training Resources at https://thefelipe.bio.link
RSM Podia Course Link: https://store.theebfcshow.com/rsm
Subscribe to never miss new videos here: https://click.theebfcshow.com/youtube
Watch The EBFC Show Podcast https://click.theebfcshow.com/YouTube-Podcast

---
Elevate your construction career and enhance your company's performance by mastering the crucial aspect of building enclosure management with Field Verified's specialized training. Address the major challenge of managing building enclosures, a common source of construction failures. Get hands-on learning experience with real-world construction scenarios and mock-up installations for skill-building with leadership and team-focused strategies. By joining our course, you gain access to a proven program that not only covers technical aspects but also better practices for effective construction management. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach. Visit https://fieldverified.com for more insights, or contact us at 480-719-5090.
52 min
October 31, 2025Scrum Master vs. The Hot Ones Challenge 🌶
Welcome to a special edition of The Easier, Better, for Construction Show (EBFC Show)! 🎙️ Host Felipe Engineer-Manriquez goes full Hot Ones mode in this spicy Season 6 episode, taking on 🔟 blazing sauces while answering 🔟 burning questions.

This time, Felipe is in the hot seat—literally—interviewed by his son, Noah, in a fiery twist of father-son bonding, lean thinking, and laugh-out-loud moments. 🌶👨‍👦

🎧 What’s inside:
The BIGGEST misconceptions about Scrum in construction 🚧
Why trust + communication = supercharged teams 🛠️
Parenting vs. project management — which one’s spicier? 😂
Emotional moments & epic shoutouts from 6 years of podcasting ❤️
And yes... he faces "The Bomb" and lives to tell the tale 😵‍💫

🔥 It’s heat, humor, and hard truths—Scrum-style.

👉 Join us, share a laugh, and maybe a tear (from the spice 🌶).
💬 Don’t forget to leave a comment: What’s YOUR biggest challenge with Scrum or Lean Construction?

🔥 Ready to build easier, better, faster, and cheaper?
Join the EBFC Scrum Community — your space to learn Scrum & Lean with real builders and designers.
✅ Free access through Jan 2026 with code STARTNOW
👉 Tap here: https://store.theebfcshow.com/the-ebfc-show-community

Connect with Felipe via
💼 Social media and Free Lean and Scrum Training Resources at https://thefelipe.bio.link
📲 Subscribe to never miss new videos here: https://click.theebfcshow.com/youtube
🎥 Watch The EBFC Show Podcast https://click.theebfcshow.com/YouTube-Podcast

Follow Noah via
🔗 LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/scrum-for-teens/
Book Website at https://scrumforteens.com/

Photo Credits:
Conan O'Brien Needs a Doctor While Eating Spicy Wings | Hot Ones
https://youtu.be/FALlhXl6CmA?si=hKElx1IeDwe376YI
25 min
October 01, 2025Mastering the Last Planner System with Victor Ortiz Part 4
What if the biggest barrier to Lean success isn’t the trades or the tools — but the way we think about planning itself? 🤔

In this episode of The EBFC Show, Victor Ortiz and host Felipe Engineer-Manriquez continue their deep dive into the Last Planner System®, uncovering the principles and practices that separate sticky notes on a wall from a true production control system. From flawed procurement processes to the hidden impact of variation and buffers, they reveal why most teams miss the point — and how to get it right.

📌 Key Takeaways You’ll Gain:
The five Lean principles that anchor Last Planner to true customer value
Why dependency + variation create traffic jams on projects 🚦
How to use buffers (capacity, inventory, and time) to protect flow
The 3S criteria (Size, Sequence, Soundness) for defining reliable tasks
Why constraint analysis is non-negotiable for reliable commitments
The five levels of organizational change every Lean leader must navigate

If you’ve ever wondered why Last Planner works brilliantly in some teams but fizzles in others, this episode offers the clarity you’ve been waiting for.

🎧 Listen now, and don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more insights that make construction easier and better! 🚀

Part 3: Turning Resistance into Results: Mastering the Last Planner System with Victor Ortiz Part 3 https://www.theebfcshow.com/Victor-Ortiz-LPS-Part3/
Part 2: Fake Last Planner System with Victor Ortiz https://www.theebfcshow.com/Victor-Ortiz-LPS-Part2/
Part 1: Transforming Construction: Last Planner System Deep Dive with Victor Ortiz https://www.theebfcshow.com/LPS-with-Victor-part1/

---
Connect with Victor via
LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/victor-ortiz-671301/

Connect with Felipe via
Social media and Free Lean and Scrum Training Resources at https://thefelipe.bio.link
RSM Podia Course Link: https://store.theebfcshow.com/rsm
Subscribe to never miss new videos here: https://click.theebfcshow.com/youtube
Watch The EBFC Show Podcast https://click.theebfcshow.com/YouTube-Podcast

---
Today's episode is sponsored by the Lean Construction Institute (LCI). This non-profit organization operates as a catalyst to transform the industry through Lean project delivery using an operating system centered on a common language, fundamental principles, and basic practices. Learn more at https://www.leanconstruction.org

Elevate your construction career and enhance your company's performance by mastering the crucial aspect of building enclosure management with Field Verified's specialized training. Address the major challenge of managing building enclosures, a common source of construction failures. Get hands-on learning experience with real-world construction scenarios and mock-up installations for skill-building with leadership and team-focused strategies. By joining our course, you gain access to a proven program that not only covers technical aspects but also better practices for effective construction management. Don't miss this opportunity to transform your approach. Visit https://fieldverified.com for more insights, or contact us at 480-719-5090.
1 hr 22 min

About The EBFC Show

From the publisher's feed

The Easier, Better, for Construction Show strives to make building easier and better today. We dig into design and construction topics to inspire you to develop your people, improve your processes,…