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Hammock is a project management planning term used for identification & segregation of sub tasks which are not interlinked to other tasks, but these tasks must be completed before ending current activity or starting another activity in order to achieve desired target. Hammock activity has no fixed duration. The time assigned to the activities is flexible and it can be used in reduction of wastes in organization. The 7 wastes (Muda) in lean management are described as WORMPIT. W-Waiting O-Over production R- Rework M-Motion P-Over Processing I-Inventory T-Transportation In Lean, substantial reduction in W(Waiting time) is possible by planning Hammock activities. Let’s consider below example where product launch in manufacturing company is planned. Final QA/QC Approved Product ( Main Task-1) Product launch (Main Task-2) Location Finalization (Subtask) Advertisement (Subtask) Guest List (Subtask) In above example Product launch in a manufacturing company is being planned, It consist of Main tasks like Final QA/QC approved product which is getting ready to be launched in market and it also consists of multiple sub tasks like “Finalization of location’, “preparation of List of guests”, “Advertisement”, etc. Both Main tasks 1 & 2 are linked and to be executed in sequence however, any of sub tasks can be done first, without the other being initiated or completed. But there is an overall target to complete these tasks within specified timeline which must not be exceeded. Planning of Hammock activities help to improve efficiency and productivity of team and help reducing waiting time effectively.