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Process Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Operations
Process Mapping
Paper illustration for Current Reality Tree
Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree
Purposedifferent
With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots.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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Timedifferent
1-3 h2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-103-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement BacklogCurrent Reality Tree, Core Problems, Intervention Ideas
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ProcessOperationsImprovement
Systems thinkingRoot causeConstraintsCausality
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints.
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Theory of Constraints
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints Thinking Process.
Systems Thinking
Theory of Constraints Thinking Process
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis