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Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
Operations
Waste Analysis
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
45-120 min60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
2-85-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogRanked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority
Tagsno overlap
WasteLeanProcess improvement
FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion
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Dot Voting
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Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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Value Stream Mapping