Obeya

In Japanese, obeya simply means "big room. At Toyota, it has become an important project management tool used primarily to promote effective and timely communication in product development. An obeya is a kind of nerve center; there are charts and diagrams that depict program time schedules, milestones and progress to date, and visual information on measures against existing time or technical problems. Project leaders have a desk in the obeya, as do others during certain periods within a program. The obeya should ensure project success and shorten the PDCA cycle. 

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