Methods

Learn more about the methods which are employed by IDP Lab

Triple Decker Workshop

We usually start with a "Triple Decker Workshop" with an intended time frame of one day. Said workshop requires thress groups of participants: Custmer and / or Sponsor, Manager and Team Members. This workshop produceses three results:

  • Identification of "Waste Hot Spots"
  • Prioritisation of identified "Hot Spots"
  • Initiation of reducing the "Hot Spots" according to their priorities

Short cycle improvement iterations

For adressing the prioritised "Hot Spots" we usually plan a short cycle iteration of one to maximum two weeks. We follow the policy to run one "lean cycle" together and, after that, to hand over further improvement cycles, if necessary, to you. The improvement iterations are designed to generate one or more of the following results:

  • increasing the reliability resp. conformity with respect to planned results, delivery dates and costs
  • reducing cycle times
  • minimising failure rates
  • eliminating unnecessary effort

Action Research

We support the improvement iterations by following a scientific "Action Research" approach in which....

  • ...we develop an understanding for the situation and the "Hot Spots" as well as hypotheses about the root causes
  • ...we outline and plan an effective, efficient and feasible solution approach which adresses the hypothetical root causes
  • ...we implement the solution approach directly
  • ...we finally evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency and feasibility of the solution approach bevor starting the next iteration