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Criterion
Paper illustration for PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode.A Current Reality Tree condenses many symptoms into a few causal chains. The method makes visible which core problems drive several negative effects at once.
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1 h bis mehrere Wochen2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
1-83-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop
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PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard ChangeCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Causal Loop Diagram workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Causal Loop Diagram