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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
Paper illustration of an activity-role table with clear RACI assignments and one highlighted accountable role per activity.
Operations
RACI Matrix
Paper illustration for Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
Operations
Failure Mode and Effects Analysis
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.With unclear responsibilities across several roles or areas, the method creates unambiguous accountability logic. It reduces friction because decision, execution, contribution, and information become separately visible.For a process, product, or service with noticeable failure risks, the method assesses possible failure modes in advance. It directs attention to combinations of occurrence, effect, and detectability.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowLowHigh
Timedifferent
Ongoing30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
1-201-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-83-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception CuesRAID Log, Status Report SourceRACI Matrix, Responsibility Map, Decision NotesFMEA Table, Risk Priority, Mitigation Actions
Tagsno overlap
SignalsOperationsVisual management
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
RolesResponsibilityGovernanceOperations
RiskQualityOperationsRoot cause
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