Last Planner System® Jumpstart.
Implement the Last Planner System® on your project in 30 days. Plan the work with the people who do it, and hit 85%+ PPC.
By Kyle Nitchen · $149 · Lifetime access · Available now
Your $149 credits in full toward Antifragile Project Management if you enroll within 90 days.
Why this course
CPM schedules tell you what should happen. They say nothing about whether next week's work can actually be done. The Last Planner System® closes that gap: commitments from the people doing the work, constraints removed before they stall the field, and a weekly number, PPC, that tells you the truth. This course is field-tested on active, large-scale construction projects. In 30 days you will run it on yours. The Last Planner System® and LPS® are registered trademarks of the Lean Construction Institute.
The format
Why written beats video here
Every lesson is about 10 minutes to read and 30 minutes to apply, one lesson a day. You read it in the trailer at 6 am and you run it on your job by lunch. That cadence is the reason this actually gets implemented instead of saved for later.
Live access
Monthly office hours with Kyle
First Friday of every month, noon Pacific, on WHOP. Bring your board, your numbers, or your stuck spot. Every $149 course includes a seat.
What you'll build
Skills you can point at.
01
The system setup
- Map milestones and phases straight from your contract schedule
- Set your planning cadence: pull, look-ahead, weekly, daily
- Prep trade partners so pull planning session one is not a fight
02
Your first pull plan, in week 1
- Facilitate a phase pull plan with your real trade partners
- Convert sticky notes into commitments the field will actually hit
- Handle the trade that shows up wanting to steamroll the room
03
The make-ready machine
- Build the 6-week look-ahead and screen every task for constraints
- Run a constraint log that clears roadblocks in days, not weeks
- Use the included AI helper to pre-screen constraints before the meeting
04
The weekly rhythm
- Weekly work planning, daily huddles, Friday debrief
- Track PPC with variance reasons and use it to coach, not blame
- Turn each miss into a root cause and a permanent fix
05
The sustain system
- Keep PPC above 85% after the novelty wears off
- Scale from one phase to the whole job
- Handle rework, weather, and owner-driven change without collapsing the plan
The artifact
What you walk away holding
Your LPS Rollout Kit: a live pull plan board on the wall, five workbooks running your project's real numbers, your first two PPC readings, and a rollout pack ready to send your team. Board live in week 1, full kit by day 30.
What readers say
"The company I work for lacks in training and procedures. Your work is helping me become a better PM and bridge the gap that I am missing due to the lack of formal training."
Your instructor
Learn directly from Kyle.
Kyle NitchenKyle Nitchen is a Regional Construction Manager for Layton Construction, part of STO Building Group, the #3 ranked construction organization in the world. As a Project Executive, he leads high-stakes healthcare construction across Southern California, overseeing teams, managing risk, and delivering complex projects that help communities live, work, and heal.
Over a decade in the field. $500M+ delivered. He writes The Influential Project Manager, read by 10,000+ construction leaders.
Every framework in these courses is field-tested on active, large-scale construction projects.
Who this is for
Built for the operator, not the observer.
- Superintendents and field managers ready to lead the room
- PMs who want field execution to match the master schedule
- Owner reps who want pull planning as a standard across GCs
- Trade foremen and PEs who want to run it on their scope
Prerequisites
- An active project, any size. This is an implementation course, not a case study.
What's included
Everything you need to ship.
- 20 written lessons with worksheets, plus 3 checkpoint days
- Monthly group office hours with Kyle
- Pull plan and look-ahead templates
- Weekly work plan and PPC tracker
- Constraint log with owner and due dates
- Trade partner prep kit
- AI helpers for look-ahead screening
- Lifetime access, updated for life
- Certificate of completion
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Yes, if you prep them right. Week 1 is entirely about trade buy-in: what to say, what to send, how to run the first session so they leave wanting the second.
Atomic for Teams
Bring your company along.
Systems stick when the whole trailer runs them. Get reimbursed, learn with your team, or run a private cohort for your company.
Reimbursement
Get your company to pay
Most contractors have a training budget. We give you everything L&D needs: a copy-paste request email, a receipt, and a certificate of completion.
Team discount
Learn with your project team
Enrolling 2 or more from the same company? Use code ATOMICTEAM at checkout for 20% off every seat. Systems stick when the whole trailer runs them.
Private cohort
Run it for your whole org
A dedicated cohort with a custom schedule and curriculum for your company, taught live. Built from a $500M portfolio of real healthcare and commercial work.