A New Free Resource for Your Takt Journey!!!

Your Complete Takt Planning Journey Is Now Mapped: Here Is How to Use It

There is a problem that Jason Schroeder hears constantly from project teams who want to implement Takt planning but do not know where to start. They have heard the podcast episodes. Some have read the book. They understand conceptually that Takt planning produces better outcomes. But when they sit down to actually begin, the path forward is not clear. What do they do first? What comes after that? Where do they go when they get stuck?

That question is what drove Elevate Construction to build something Jason describes as a direct answer to it: a complete, step by step Takt planning journey mapped on a Miro board, free and openly accessible to any individual, team, or organization in the industry.

What the Miro Board Actually Is

Miro is a visual collaboration platform that allows teams to build interactive boards with sticky notes, graphics, links, and organized content flows. Elevate Construction used it to build what is essentially a visual curriculum for a Takt planning implementation, designed so that anyone who opens it can orient themselves immediately and know exactly where to begin.

The board opens with a clear starting point: this is how you use the board, these are the resources available to you, and this is who you can contact if you need support. From there, it moves through a sequenced path: step one leads to step two leads to step three, and so on. At each step, the board links directly to the resources that support that stage of the journey, including podcast episodes, blog posts, books, Amazon orders, and landing pages for Elevate Construction programs.

The goal is that no one who opens the board should have to figure out where to go next. The path is built. The resources are linked. The journey is already mapped.

Why This Matters for the Industry

The McCarthy project story that surfaces in this episode is worth sitting with for a moment. A senior general superintendent on a $480 million project read Elevating Construction Takt Planning, implemented it on his own, and immediately shaved three months off the project schedule. Then the team optimized their concrete workflow. Then they built predictability around the high risk commissioning phase. The system kept delivering.

That superintendent had the book, the courage to experiment, and the experience to adapt. He made it work. But as Jason acknowledges directly, not everyone has that combination. Not every team has a seasoned leader willing to figure it out from first principles. Not every company can absorb the trial and error that comes with learning a new planning system on a live project.

The Miro board exists to close that gap. It is the guided path that the book did not include, the curriculum that connects the concepts to the practice, and the resource hub that keeps every team from having to rediscover what others have already figured out.

This is how an industry improves at scale. Not by requiring every team to reinvent the approach independently, but by making the best available path accessible to everyone who wants to take it.

The Philosophy Behind the Resource

Jason describes the creation of this board as inspired. That word choice matters. The Miro board is not a product launch or a marketing asset. It is a genuine attempt to democratize access to Takt planning knowledge. Anyone in the industry, anywhere, can open the board and begin their journey. There is no registration required. No fee. No prerequisite training.

This reflects a principle Jason returns to repeatedly in his work: the industry improves when knowledge flows freely. Keeping frameworks proprietary or locked behind expensive consulting engagements benefits a few. Publishing them openly and making them navigable benefits everyone. Trade partners improve. General contractors improve. Owners benefit from better run projects. Workers go home having actually built something instead of having survived something.

The Miro board is an expression of that philosophy in practical form.

What Is in the Board Right Now

In its current form, the board covers the foundational path for a Takt planning implementation. It is organized to serve three types of users: an individual practitioner learning on their own, a project team beginning their implementation journey, and a company trying to establish Takt planning as an organizational standard.

For each stage of the journey, the board points to the most relevant resources currently available. Some of those resources are complete. Others are marked with notes indicating that a blog post or a video is in development to fill that section. Jason and his team are actively building out those resources as the content library grows.

The board is also designed to evolve. As new podcasts, blog posts, case studies, and training materials are produced, they will be linked into the relevant sections of the journey. The intent is that within a few months of its release, the board will represent the most complete public resource available anywhere for learning and implementing Takt planning in construction.

How to Start

The most important step is simply opening the board. The link is in the show notes for this episode. If you cannot find it there, email Elevate Construction directly and they will get it to you. Once you are in the board, start at the designated starting point and follow the path.

Before you do anything else, here are the questions worth answering about where you currently are:

• Are you an individual trying to understand Takt planning well enough to bring it to your team? 
• • Are you a team about to begin implementation on a project? 
• • Are you a company trying to establish a consistent methodology across multiple projects?

The board is designed to serve all three, but knowing which path applies to you will help you navigate to the right starting sections and the most relevant resources for your current stage.

If your project needs superintendent coaching, project support, or leadership development, Elevate Construction can help your field teams stabilize, schedule, and flow. The Miro board is one part of a broader ecosystem of support, from coaching to boot camps to the books and planning tools that underpin the Takt system.

The Bigger Picture

Takt planning works. The evidence is not theoretical. It is in the three months shaved from a $480 million project. It is in the trade partner who emailed a GC saying he had never been on a project that flowed the way theirs did. It is in the workers who go home on time because the plan was made ready and the work had room to flow.

The industry has enough proof. What it has lacked is a clear path for teams who want to start but do not know how. The Miro board closes that gap. It is a complete roadmap, built by people who have implemented the system on real projects, organized so that anyone who opens it can find their footing and begin.

The journey is mapped. All you have to do is start.

On we go.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Takt planning and why does it work better than CPM scheduling?

Takt planning is a production based approach to construction scheduling that organizes work into defined zones with consistent cycle times, creating predictable flow across a project. Unlike CPM, which coordinates activities without managing the physical conditions that allow those activities to proceed, Takt planning creates even workflow that reduces interference between trades, cuts waiting time, and makes the schedule something the crew can actually feel and follow.

Do I need to read the book before using the Miro board?

The book Elevating Construction Takt Planning provides the conceptual foundation that makes the board more useful. The board links to the book and other resources at the points where they are most relevant, so you do not need to have read it first. But reading it will give you a significantly better understanding of why each step on the board is sequenced the way it is.

Can the Miro board be used by a team that has never done any lean planning?

Yes. The board is designed to bring a team from no prior lean or Takt experience through the foundational concepts and into the practical implementation steps. The starting point on the board is oriented toward orientation and foundation, not assumption of prior knowledge.

How is the Miro board different from just reading the podcast episodes or blogs on Takt planning?

The podcast and blog content covers individual topics and concepts. The Miro board organizes that content into a sequenced path with a clear beginning, middle, and progression. It is the curriculum that the individual pieces of content support. Instead of having to figure out which episodes apply to which stage of your journey, the board does that work for you.

What if my team gets stuck during implementation and the board does not address the specific problem?

That is exactly the situation where reaching out to Elevate Construction directly makes sense. The board is designed to get teams as far as possible independently, but coaching support is available for teams who need more than a self guided resource. The contact information for that support is on the board itself.