Kaizen Kanban : A Visual Facilitation Approach to Create Prioritized Project Pipelines.

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- Prioritized Project Pipeline -- 1 -- Why Kaizen Kanban? -- 2 -- Context -- 3 -- SportsMax -- 4 -- Findings and Report -- 5 -- Prework -- Walking the Process -- High-Level Process Breakdown -- Agenda -- Team Activity Progress Tracker -- Team Selection -- Team Roster -- 6 -- Kickoff Meeting -- Ground Rules -- Participant Introduction -- Review the High-Level Process Map -- In Scope/Out of Scope -- 7 -- Process Map -- 8 -- Seven Ways -- 9 -- Detailed Process Map Analysis -- How to Use a Process Map to Evaluate a Process -- 10 -- Waste -- The Seven Types of Waste -- Benefits of Eliminating Waste -- Sources of Waste -- Why Continue Doing Things We Know Cause or Lead to Waste? -- 11 -- Value-Added/Non-Value-Added Analysis -- 12 -- SIPOC -- Iteration 1: Enter Process Information -- Iteration 2: Enter Process Owner and Process Operator -- Iteration 3: Enter the Outputs and Customers -- Iteration 4: Enter the Inputs and Suppliers -- Iteration 5: Enter the Triggers -- Iteration 6: Clearly Define Input and Output Requirements -- 13 -- Handoff Map -- 14 -- Failure Modes and Effects Analysis -- Iteration 1: Identify All Failure Modes for All Process Steps -- Iteration 2: Identify Effects for Each Failure Mode -- Iteration 3: Calculate the Risk Priority Number -- 15 -- Translating Opportunities for Improvement into Problem Statements -- 16 -- Introduction to Kaizen -- 17 -- Kaizen Kanban -- 18 -- Beyond the Kanban -- 19 -- Step by Step -- Part II -- Facilitation -- 20 -- Facilitators Enable Doers to Do More -- 21 -- Facilitator Guidelines -- 22 -- Paradigm Shifts -- 23 -- Team Life Cycle -- 24 -- Setting the Stage for Successful Meetings -- Meeting Facilitation Prework -- Session Guidelines and Ground Rules -- Participant Introduction -- Icebreakers -- Additional Meeting Roles.

Parking Lots and Rabbit Holes -- Flip Charts and Whiteboards -- 25 -- Group Creativity Techniques -- Brainstorming -- Nominal Group Technique -- Affinity Diagram -- 26 -- Handling Difficult Group Situations -- Lack of Interest, Disengaged Team, Low Participation -- Side Conversations -- Group Going Too Slow -- Group Going Too Fast -- Disagreements -- Groupthink -- 27 -- Handling Difficult Individual Situations -- Nonparticipation -- Talking Off Topic -- Repeating the Same Point -- Negative and Antagonistic -- Personal Agendas -- Dominating -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Suggested Reading -- Useful Websites.

Kaizen Kanban is a guide to creating prioritized project pipelines and setting up improvement boards to maximize business success through the execution of continuous improvement projects.

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