The Japanese term Obeya (great room) originated in the 1990\u2019s and is considered a component of the Toyota Production System. The Obeya was instituted during the product and process development, where all individuals involved in managerial planning met in a \u2018great room\u2019 to speed communication and decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conceptually akin to traditional \u2018war rooms\u2019, an Obeya will contain visually engaging charts and graphs depicting such information as program timing, milestones and progress-to-date, and countermeasures to existing technical or scheduling issues. An Obeya room can also be a place for software development, a command center, managing new business strategy, workflow and project management. This tool forces people to work together without distractions and creates a great atmosphere to generate new ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From the perspective of organisational transformation, it is worthwhile for senior leaders to consider implementing their own version of Obeya, in order to achieve and maintain efforts towards the desired future state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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