A3 Problem Solving and Decision Making
No more 20-page reports that nobody reads! Master this simple 1-page tool to define and analyze a problem, develop countermeasures and track the effectiveness of implementing them. For decision making, your A3 becomes a story everyone can understand. Using A3 creates “reflective problem-solvers”, “clear-headed decisionmakers”, and can be used for virtually anything, because it streamlines how your organization communicates.
A3 Problem Solving and Decision Making
What you'll learn
What you'll learn
What is an A3? Why is it so powerful?
The underlying foundation of the A3 is the Deming Cycle: Plan, Do, Check, Adjust
Who should be the A3 Champion, Mentor and Collaborators and their roles
The role of Root Cause Analysis in Problem Solving A3
The role of Choosing by Advantages in Decision Making A3
How to use A3 in Strategic Planning
Why the Action Plan and Evaluation steps are the key to continuing improvement
Tips to make your A3 easier and more effective.
What is an A3? Why is it so powerful?
The underlying foundation of the A3 is the Deming Cycle: Plan, Do, Check, Adjust
Who should be the A3 Champion, Mentor and Collaborators and their roles
The role of Root Cause Analysis in Problem Solving A3
The role of Choosing by Advantages in Decision Making A3
How to use A3 in Strategic Planning
Why the Action Plan and Evaluation steps are the key to continuing improvement
Tips to make your A3 easier and more effective.
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This course includes
| 0.6 hours on-demand video | |
| Full lifetime access | |
| Access on mobile | |
| Certificate of Completion |
Get “Design and Design-Build Bundle” for US $97.95!
Description
Description
If you’ve ever labored to create a 10-page masterpiece only to have no one read it, you already know why you need A3. Everyone will read one page. Many top leaders believe that if you can’t fit the ideas on one page, you probably haven’t thoroughly thought through the problem or decision.
Enter A3, created by Toyota Engineer Taiichi Ohno and now an integral part of the tool box of every practitioner of lean whether in construction, design or manufacturing.
A picture is worth a thousand words. A good A3 is an 11x17 “picture” in about a thousand words. Far less with some good charts and graphs.
Learn how to quickly craft the Background and Current Condition sections. Then reach out to colleagues (Collaborators) for ideas on what should be the Goal or Target Condition. Do an in-depth analysis, then present your findings in a chart, graph or other visual method. (It’s not difficult when you see our examples.) Let your Collaborators help you brainstorm Proposed Counter Measures and an Action Plan. Test it all with a Mentor and then present it for immediate Action with a Follow Up in the next few weeks or months to make the expected adjustments.
During the Design phase, when coupled with Set Based Design and TVD Cluster Groups, A3’s record a variety of design options, each analyzed in one page, then summarized on a “cover A3” that shows why the team chose the final design component.
If you’ve ever labored to create a 10-page masterpiece only to have no one read it, you already know why you need A3. Everyone will read one page. Many top leaders believe that if you can’t fit the ideas on one page, you probably haven’t thoroughly thought through the problem or decision.
Enter A3, created by Toyota Engineer Taiichi Ohno and now an integral part of the tool box of every practitioner of lean whether in construction, design or manufacturing.
A picture is worth a thousand words. A good A3 is an 11x17 “picture” in about a thousand words. Far less with some good charts and graphs.
Learn how to quickly craft the Background and Current Condition sections. Then reach out to colleagues (Collaborators) for ideas on what should be the Goal or Target Condition. Do an in-depth analysis, then present your findings in a chart, graph or other visual method. (It’s not difficult when you see our examples.) Let your Collaborators help you brainstorm Proposed Counter Measures and an Action Plan. Test it all with a Mentor and then present it for immediate Action with a Follow Up in the next few weeks or months to make the expected adjustments.
During the Design phase, when coupled with Set Based Design and TVD Cluster Groups, A3’s record a variety of design options, each analyzed in one page, then summarized on a “cover A3” that shows why the team chose the final design component.
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Contents and Overview
Contents and Overview
In seven 4-5 minute videos, your instructors explain why A3 is not only a powerful one-page communication tool, but also a powerful problem solving and decision making methodology which can be used again and again by you and your team.
This course includes downloadable Practice Scenarios (for both problem solving and decision making), templates (with prompts) for Decision Making and Strategic Planning. Also included are Action Plans to prompt you on where to use an A3, how to start it, how to perform the analysis section, and completing and implementing it.
If you wish, you can take the Basic or Advanced quizzes to deepen your learning.
Complete the course and receive your frameable Certificate.
In seven 4-5 minute videos, your instructors explain why A3 is not only a powerful one-page communication tool, but also a powerful problem solving and decision making methodology which can be used again and again by you and your team.
This course includes downloadable Practice Scenarios (for both problem solving and decision making), templates (with prompts) for Decision Making and Strategic Planning. Also included are Action Plans to prompt you on where to use an A3, how to start it, how to perform the analysis section, and completing and implementing it.
If you wish, you can take the Basic or Advanced quizzes to deepen your learning.
Complete the course and receive your frameable Certificate.
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Course content
Course content
We distill one hour of training into every nine minutes of video. Don’t waste your precious time in dry boring lectures. (If you want repetition, you can play the video as many times as you like.)
7 videos
00:33:04
Topic: A3 Problem Solving
Topic: 5-Why and Root Cause Analysis
OTHER COURSES IN THE DESIGN AND DESIGN-BUILD SERIES:
Target Value Delivery and Set Based Design
Organize and manage your Design efforts around the creation of value while maximizing architectural creativity and the budget. By establishing Cluster Groups and running Integration Events that focus on continuous estimating, you will minimize design re-work. Also, learn Set-Based Design from Stan Chiu (the nationally recognized master) and about Architecture 3.0 from architect/author/thought leader, Cliff Moser.
OTHER COURSES IN THE DESIGN AND DESIGN-BUILD SERIES:
Target Value Delivery and Set Based Design
Organize and manage your Design efforts around the creation of value while maximizing architectural creativity and the budget. By establishing Cluster Groups and running Integration Events that focus on continuous estimating, you will minimize design re-work. Also, learn Set-Based Design from Stan Chiu (the nationally recognized master) and about Architecture 3.0 from architect/author/thought leader, Cliff Moser.
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US $14.95
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This course includes
| 0.6 hours on-demand video | |
| Full lifetime access | |
| Access on mobile | |
| Certificate of Completion |