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Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
Operations
Waste Analysis
Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
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 workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-120 min5-15 min60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-204-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogRanked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment
Tagsno overlap
WasteLeanProcess improvement
FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
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Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving