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Criterion
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Paper illustration of MORT Analysis with its method-specific working model.
Operations
MORT Analysis
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.For a safety-relevant event or a system with high protection requirements, the method examines where controls failed. It exposes both technical and organizational gaps.When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
30-90 min Setup, danach laufendMehrere Tage bis Wochen1-3 h2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
1-82-64-103-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationMORT Worksheets, Findings per Branch, Corrective Actions, Systemic RecommendationsCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
Tagsno overlap
ForecastingFlowDelivery
Root causeSafetySystemicIncident
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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