The last planner system, a tool for the execution of the comprehensive community educational project

Abstract

The Last Planner System (LPS) is a working method based on the “Lean Production” philosophy that involves working directly on the final link in the activity planning chain. The Comprehensive Community Educational Project (PEIC, by its acronym in Spanish) in the Venezuelan educational sector defines the strategies of school management, integrating pedagogical, political, sociocultural and community principles. The central axis of this essay lies in the implementation of elements of the LPS methodology to improve the organization and execution of the PEIC. It is intended to make a critique that allows dissertation on the execution of the PEIC and why they tend to be repeated cyclically in educational establishments without achieving satisfactory results. The transcendental is the incorporation of new concepts and combining the best of each method, complementing each other and increasing the reliability of planning with the purpose of improving performance and therefore the execution of the project.