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About this Presentation
This presentation is an introduction to planning and scheduling a single project. Planning a single project includes the what the how, the who, how long and validation for that project. This session is part 3 of the 4-part series - picking up from Building Blocks, and handing off to Scheduling and Executing in a Multi-Project Environment.
What Will You Learn
To help you get the most value from this session, we’ve highlighted a few key points. These takeaways capture the main ideas and practical insights from the presentation, making it easier for you to review, reflect, and apply what you’ve learned.
The session highlights that effective planning and scheduling are foundational disciplines that shape how work flows through systems and impact delivery outcomes.
It shows how traditional task-centric planning can obscure systemic constraints and why reframing planning around flow and capacity provides clearer visibility into risks and dependencies.
The presentation illustrates that simple, robust scheduling principles — such as prioritizing constraint-aware sequences — help teams reduce variability and improve predictability.
It emphasizes that planning isn’t a one-time activity but an ongoing process that must adapt to change and support better decision-making throughout execution
Instructor(s)
Kathy Austin
Kathy Austin is a results-driven performance optimization leader with demonstrated experience building high-performing teams delivering multiple projects on or before the due-date, at or below budget, with full scope intact. Exceptionally skilled in project management, improving operational flows, and supply chains. Known for pro-active and strategic problem solving, and maximizing productivity, resulting in multi-million-dollar bottom-line improvements. Major in Air Force earlier in career. Core competencies include: Project Management, Operations and Logistics Leadership, Theory of Constraints/Lean Process Improvement, personal/organizational productivity. Kathy has been using/teaching/implementing Theory of Constraints since 1988, becoming a Jonah in 1989 and a Jonah’s Jonah in 1991. She has both depth and breadth of knowledge in virtually all TOC applications. Kathy has developed and taught beginner/intermediate/advanced levels of Production, Distribution, Supply Chain, Project Management, and Thinking Processes (Jonah and Day-to-Day TP tools). With Gerry Kendall, Kathy authored Advanced Multi-Project Management (2012). In 2014 she established the Operations Continuous Improvement Directorate at Delta Air Lines Inc, focused primarily on TOC and LSS across all airline operations. Kathy has been involved with TOCICO since the original meeting in Atlanta and served on the Board of Directors 2015-2018. She is currently Chair of the TOCICO Professional Development Committee.