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Operations
Waste Analysis
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Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
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Decision Making
Option Framing
Purposedifferent
For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
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45-120 min60-120 min45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-84-103-8
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WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
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Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence PlanOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
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WasteLeanProcess improvement
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison
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