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Criterion
Visual Management workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Visual Management
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Gemba Walk workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
Gemba Walk
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions.For a complex deviation with several people involved, the method bundles problem, analysis, and decision onto one page. It creates a shared working space where causes, countermeasures, and follow-up fit together.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing30 min Setup, dann laufend30-120 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
1-201-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-62-5
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesRAID Log, Status Report SourceObservation Notes, Improvement IdeasA3 Report, Action Plan, Root Cause Analysis
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
LeanObservationProcessOperations
LeanProblem solvingCoachingOperations
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