lean

Turns target group, value, goals, and priorities into a tangible result by defining the problem, capturing customer segments, and prioritizing risks.

Core question: Which assumptions about problem, target group, and business model must be tested next before investing further?

45-90 min

1-6

Turns backlog, sprint work, and team flow into a tangible result by defining the work queue, estimating cost of delay, and pulling highest value first.

Core question: Which item delivers the highest Cost-of-Delay value per effort and should be pulled next?

45-90 min

3-10

Turns scope, sequence, and delivery flow into a tangible result through selecting a value stream, mapping current state, and designing a future state.

Core question: Where do waiting time, rework, and waste emerge between trigger and delivery, and which two or three interventions improve lead time most?

1-3 h

4-10

Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result through defining the problem, asking why, and defining countermeasures.

Core question: Which controllable cause behind the symptom can the team fix with a concrete countermeasure?

15-30 min

2-6

Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by defining the problem, capturing the current state, and defining follow-up actions.

Core question: Which root cause behind the problem can be shifted with a testable countermeasure so that the target state is demonstrably reached?

45-90 min

2-5

Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by selecting a process, going to the place of work, and recording improvements.

Core question: Which gaps between standard work and real work become visible on site but do not appear in reports or dashboards?

30-120 min

2-6

Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by planning the problem and goal, applying a small change, and either standardizing or starting the next cycle.

Core question: Which hypothesis do we test in the next cycle, which metrics determine success, and which adjustment follows from the evaluation?

1 h bis mehrere Wochen

1-8

Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by clarifying scope and goal, observing the current process, and setting the new standard and follow-up.

Core question: What concrete improvement in the defined process segment can the team implement and measure this week, and embed as a new standard?

0.5-5 Tage

4-10

Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by collecting the current standard, observing actual work, and updating and training the standard.

Core question: Which steps of the examined process are actually standardized, where are unwanted deviations, and which variation is useful?

1-3 h

2-6

Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by clarifying the process and value definition, observing or mapping the flow, and deriving improvements.

Core question: Which types of waste occur in the analyzed process with which frequency and effort?

45-120 min

2-8

Build Measure Learn cycles turn risky assumptions into experiments that support persevere, pivot, or stop decisions.

Core question: Which riskiest assumption does the team test in the next cycle with minimal effort, and what measurable behavior confirms or contradicts it?

Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus

2-8