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Criterion
Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
Operations
Waste Analysis
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A hypothetical failure makes concrete risks, signals, and fitting mitigations visible.
Decision Making
Pre-Mortem
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.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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures.
Complexitysame
LowLowLowLow
Timedifferent
45-120 min30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min20–45 min
Participantsdifferent
2-81-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone2-6Small cross-functional group
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogRAID Log, Status Report SourceCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceRisk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log
Tagsno overlap
WasteLeanProcess improvement
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RiskDecisionFailurePlanning
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