In a few words
Obeya is a Japanese term meaning “great room,” and is frequently associated with Toyota. It’s the implementation of a space that facilitates the follow-up and decisions of a project and its actions. Obeya is based on visual management to optimize the management of your project. The information of your project will be found in the room in question while the stakeholders of the project can share, analyze, discuss, investigate to decide, solve problems, follow the project, make feedback, and more.
Obeya is a concentration of lean management principles applied to project management. Its various components will help you generate ideas, collaborate with team members, and obtain a complete overview of the project and problems to be solved.
It is often presented as its military equivalent, the “war room,” which is a command center dedicated to a project. Today, the obeya is shared and appreciated in many fields, including aeronautics, construction, railways, and the service sector.