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Criterion
Paper illustration for Standard Work Analysis.
Operations
Standard Work Analysis
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Purposedifferent
When the same task is done differently depending on the person, the method exposes the reliable core. It creates comparability without unnecessarily choking off needed latitude.Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h90-180 min60-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-82-82-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Standard Work Sheet, Deviation List, Improved Standard, Training NeedsCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceCommunication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication PlanCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
LeanProcessQuality
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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