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Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration for DMAIC.
Operations
DMAIC
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Purposedifferent
When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.For a process problem with fluctuating performance, the method brings analysis and improvement into a disciplined sequence. It creates a framework in which numbers, causes, and control come together.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
Ongoing2-12 Wochen2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
2-123-103-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsProject Charter, Measurement Plan, Cause Analysis, Control PlanFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap
FlowVisual managementDelivery
Continuous improvementQualityProcess improvement
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
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Paper fishbone diagram with a measurable effect at the head and six labeled cause branches.
Operations
Fishbone Diagram
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration for Fault Tree Analysis.
Operations
Fault Tree Analysis
Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event