Turns backlog, sprint work, and team flow into a tangible result by bringing a story, checking business intent, and agreeing on next steps.
Core question: Are what, how, and what-can-break clear enough for the story to be implemented without further refinement?
Facilitation methodMethod form: Facilitation method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
15-30 min
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by defining the problem, choosing cause categories, and prioritizing likely causes.
Core question: Which possible causes across all relevant categories deserve data-driven deep validation as the next action?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-60 min
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Decision MakingCategory: Decision Making. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns options, criteria, and risks into a tangible result by collecting items or causes, selecting a metric, and prioritizing top factors.
Core question: Which 20% of items drive 80% of impact, and which levers in the top group are truly actionable?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-60 min
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies workflows, data, causes, and improvements by framing the problem precisely, branching possible causes, and defining countermeasures.
Core question: Which causal paths lead from observed problem to controllable causes, and which actions address the most likely paths?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-8
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
Clarifies workflows, data, causes, and improvements by defining scope and process, collecting failure modes, and assigning actions and owners.
Core question: Which failure modes in the process have enough risk to require preventive or detective actions before deployment?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-6 h
3-10
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by describing the problem precisely, collecting data and events, and deriving countermeasures and controls.
Core question: Which systemic causes caused or enabled the problem, and which countermeasures prevent recurrence instead of only treating symptoms?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-4 h
3-8
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by defining the problem and scope, measuring process performance, and establishing controls.
Core question: Which data-supported root causes explain the problem, which solutions reduce them measurably, and how is improvement made durable in the process?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
2-12 Wochen
3-10
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
Turns workflows, data, causes, and improvements into a tangible result by forming the team, describing the problem, and verifying correction and prevention.
Core question: Which systematically evidenced cause system produced the defect, which immediate and corrective measures prevent further damage, and how is recurrence prevented permanently?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-6 Wochen
4-10
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
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?
Analysis methodMethod form: Analysis method. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
2-6
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OperationsCategory: Operations. Describes the method's domain of use.
Paired data points reveal whether two variables move together and where a suspected relationship needs deeper proof.
Core question: Do the paired data show a pattern that supports, contradicts or leaves open the suspected cause-effect hypothesis?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.