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Criterion
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
EventStorming on a long working surface: colored event cards form a business flow, friction points are marked, and a boundary separates different areas of responsibility.
Domain Modeling
EventStorming
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Purposedifferent
When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.When a domain consists of many events, rules, and states, it creates a shared modeling space for the team. It bundles language, flows, and boundaries before domain knowledge fragments into siloed views.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.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-120 min2-8 h45-90 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-65-122-54-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Observation Notes, Improvement IdeasEvent Timeline, Ubiquitous Language, Boundaries, Open QuestionsA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause AnalysisProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
LeanObservationProcessOperations
Domain-Driven DesignEventsDiscoveryWorkshop
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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