About Webinar
My name is Spencer Easton and I used to be a CPM super guru. I have over 20,000 hr CPM planning and scheduling experience in construction, holding every certification including AACE, PMI, Oracle and Acumen to name a few. In my last company I was the head of the scheduling department and led 18 schedulers working on projects across Idaho, Utah, California, Arizona, Texas, Hawaii and other states. I was as much of a CPM advocate and user as one can be. I am an expert in every aspect of the CPM planning and scheduling theory and tools. I have performed dozens of Monte Carlo risk analysis simulations with Acumen and created custom Fuse reports that the top scheduling consultants in the world use. Resource loaded, cost loaded schedule with earned value approach you name it. I helped to write a scheduling specification for an owners organization whose net worth is over $100 Billion. I regularly trained people in how to understand, use and analyze construction CPM schedules. During my time using CPM, I saw some teams be able to finish on time and others that could never stay on schedule. I started to dig in to find the reason why and soon realize there was a correlation.
After a few years, I was introduced to Lean Construction and then a bit later to Takt. I started testing these systems and found out something that shocked me and the reason I no longer am a scheduler. In this webinar, I will go over all the problems that I and countless others experience with CPM and why this is an industry problem and not a few people that do not know how to do it "right” problem. I will also touch on why you should approach planning and scheduling from a more holistic approach drawing the best ideas from the Last Planner System, Takt, SCRUM, and even others like AWP. I will go over the new role that scheduling professionals need to have in helping organizations with transforming the construction industry into the future. Why schedules and schedulers are the biggest key to improving the construction and will be the path for the biggest major innovation over the next 10-20 years in our industry.
Presenter
Spencer has been in the construction industry for 18 years. He is the Co-Founder / Trainer for LeanTakt and a Project Director at Elevate Construction. He co-authored the book Takt Planning and Integrated Control. He worked in the trades for the first decade of his career while attending night classing to achieve his Bachelors degree in Construction Management. He holds certifications from PMI-SP, AACE-PSP, AGC CM-Lean, Acumen Fuse and Risk Analysis certified. He has mentored, coached, managed and trained thousands of individuals lean principles and tools and loves to share concepts that make a difference in a happier work environment and work life balance.