At the end of the day choosing projects is all about basic common sense.  

Before you begin always ask yourself this question:-

“If this was my very own business would I want to undertake this particular project?”

“Does the project merit the amount of resource that I intend to commit to make it happen?” 

Clear link to business goals around 

Cycle time,productivity.yield , quality space 

What are the key criteria to think about when choosing an event as a Lean Project 

• link to overall strategy
• demonstrate bottom line savings
• help create model processes
• improve system synchronisation across functional silos
• don’t use the scatter gun mentality
• have a positive Impact on the Customer experience
• Have Cross reference to corporate objectives
• Have Credible Sponsorship/Ownership
• Something that can be improved on are Deliverable
• Have a Cost benefit
• delivers when it didn’t before
• Is there a process
• The Scope and objectives are smart and Narrow and Deep
• Managing expectations
• avoid  duplication of effort
• have Measurable outcomes
• are based on particular performance issues
• Are we processing in line with customer requirements? 
• Is the process erratic – is it a push process 
• Does it take a disproportionate amount of resource to achieve the required results 
• Does the process incur a lot of overtime 
• Is there a lot of stress in the process 
• Does the process visually looked disorganised when you walk through it 
• Can someone from the area easily describe the process to you 
• Does the process do high volumes of processing 
• Does the process have a record of high customer dissatisfaction 
• Is there a beat rate established  
• What is our delivery performance like against targets? 
• Does the process have a continuing history of backlogs 

• Current Conditions 
• Hope to be of gat benefit for stakeholder 
• Time 
• People resource 
• Realistically achievable 
• Why that issue 
• Background information 
• Level of commitment from the business 
• Cost 
• Are we targeting the right issue 
• Is Lean the right approach 
• Availability of facilitators 

• Choose projects that  link to overall strategy  
• Choose Lean projects that can demonstrate bottom line savings 
• Chose projects that help create model processes 
• Try to create system synchronisation across functional silos 

• Don’t use the scatter gun mentality ! 
• Select projects based on particular
   performance issues e.g. Quality 
• Are we processing in line with
   customer requirements? 
• Is the process erratic – is it a push process 
• Does it take a disproportionate
   amount of resource to achieve the
   required results 
• Does the process incur a lot of overtime 
• Is there a lot of stress in the process 

• Does the process visually looked disorganised
   when you walk through it 
• Can someone from the area easily describe
    the process to you 
• Does the process do high volumes of processing 
• Does the process have a record of high
    customer dissatisfaction