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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration for PDCA Cycle.
Operations
PDCA Cycle
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Purposedifferent
With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work.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.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing1 h bis mehrere WochenHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
1-201-810-50
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesPDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard ChangeSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
Continuous improvementLeanExperiments
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Kaizen Event.
Operations
Kaizen Event
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting