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Criterion
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration for Fault Isolation.
Engineering
Fault Isolation
Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Purposedifferent
ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.In technical failures, the visible symptom often gets mixed up with the actual cause. Fault Isolation narrows the fault space and progressively reduces which part of the system is truly affected.For a tightly scoped process segment with noticeable waste, the method bundles shared energy for change. It suits situations that call for fast learning loops and visible adjustments.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additional30-180 min0.5-5 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
Designers, developers as users, and facilitation1-64-102-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Prioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsFault Isolation Map, Test Log, Excluded Hypotheses, Narrowed Fault AreaKaizen Charter, Waste List, Improvement Experiments, Standard Work UpdateA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis
Tagsno overlap
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
TroubleshootingDiagnosisEngineering
LeanContinuous improvementOperations
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
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