Continuous Improvement of Work Process

• introduce the principle of consent and Navigate via Tension to evolve work process in a team
• consider selecting a facilitator to guide group processes, and choosing values to guide behavior
• initiate a process of continuous improvement, e.g. through Kanban or regular retrospectives
• members of the team pull in S3 patterns as required
• if valuable, iteratively expand the scope of the experiment to other teams
• intentionally look out for impediments

Waste and Continuous Improvement

Waste, in relation to purpose, is any activity, output, or use of resources that does not contribute — directly or indirectly — to fulfilling that purpose.

Waste exists in various forms and on different levels of abstraction (tasks, processes, organizational structure, mental models etc.)

Establishing a process for the ongoing elimination of waste enables natural evolution of an organization towards greater effectiveness and adaptation to changing context.