A Common Sense Systems practice

Your people are busy. Is the work moving?

Waiting, delays, rework, pile-up, and too much WIP. The question is whether the work itself is moving, not whether people are occupied.

Recognizable problems

  • Everyone is busy, and the work still sits.
  • The same rework comes back every week.
  • Dates slip even when the calendar is full.
  • Too much is started. Almost nothing finishes.
  • Handoffs wait. Owners are overloaded.
  • A project that should have shipped is still open.

What I can help with

Why Common Sense Systems

Common Sense Systems, Inc. has operated since 1996. John Sambrook works with owners when the work is not moving. This page is not a methodology course.

We look at waiting, rework, and pile-up in the actual operation. You leave knowing whether I can help, not with a new vocabulary.

Where is the work getting stuck?

Tell me what’s going on. I’ll tell you whether I think I can help.