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Lean Adviser Legal

Lean Adviser Legal

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

6. Planning the Plan

At the beginning of any legal project, the lawyer needs to understand the client's goals in order to take the next steps — resource planning, budgeting and strategizing.

By Lean Adviser Legal

2 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

9. What Makes You a Go-To Lawyer for Your Clients?

What does it mean for the relationship to be a success?

By Lean Adviser Legal

3 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

Getting to Client Alignment With the Sharp ARO

This is the time to revisit the client's goals and parameters and agree on a realistic, clearly articulated range of outcomes.

By Lean Adviser Legal

3 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

Lean Law At-a-Glance

A handy tool for visualizing legal project lifecycle management.

By Lean Adviser Legal

1 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

3. Client Goals vs. Client Outcomes

An essential step is analyzing the client's goals carefully and then calibrating them against risk, in light of all the uncertainties.

By Lean Adviser Legal

2 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

8. Change Your Communication Approach to Change the Relationship

Clients want communications from you to be lean but it goes further than that. Pay attention to communications from clients for the keys to a good relationship.

By Lean Adviser Legal

5 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

11. Understanding Clients' Goals and Expectations

Law firms and clients want the same things from the relationship, and it becomes obvious that for each issue, there is a matching interest on other side of the two-sided market.

By Lean Adviser Legal

3 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

Solving the Planning Conundrum

Which comes first—accept the client's goals in order to take the next steps or investigate to arrive at feasible objectives?

By Lean Adviser Legal

3 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

How to Gauge the Progress Perennials: Money, Time, and Motivation

As time passes and costs rise, be aware that your client's enthusiasm may wane.

By Lean Adviser Legal

6 minute read

August 20, 2018 | Lean Adviser

6. What Clients Want and Don't Want

Law firms need to understand what clients want from the relationship and what they don't want to see in a project. In the same way, individual lawyers need to understand what their firms want and don't want in a project.

By Lean Adviser Legal

2 minute read