78 Quotes About Value-stream-mapping
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When the team members have achieved a deep understanding of the current state and they are mapping on consecutive days, designing the future state often occurs organically- as long as people are open to challenging their existing silo-centric paradigms about how and where work should be performed
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You want those closet to the work designing tactical-level improvements rather than leaders who are too far from the work to determine exactly what should be done to reach a target condition.
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Depending on the organization, designing an improved state can also require thick skin, intestinal fortitude, and a hefty dose of courage.
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There's a big difference between needing to change a plan because new data or new conditions warrant it and deviating from a plan because an avoidable distraction has taken away the focus of an improvement team
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experiencing fewer problems and frustrations in their day-to-day work, the work force will become even more engaged in the improvement process
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By comparing the defined target with actual results, the team can determine if its hypothesis was proven and make appropriate adjustments if it wasn't
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we use the term countermeasure instead of solution, to aid in creating a continuous improvement culture, which begins with how people think and speak. The word solution smacks of an over-the-wall, permanent-fix mindset, which discounts the ever-changing world we work and live in.
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In practice, all ideas need to be viewed as merely hypotheses; testing and evaluation of the test results must precede across-the-board adoption.
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Improvements are temporary countermeasures, not permanent solutions.
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