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- Defects Errors, bugs, rework, failures, misunderstandings.
- Overproduction. Making more than needed or earlier than needed (extra features, unnecessary outputs).
- Waiting. Idle time when people or systems wait (blocked work, slow approvals, slow CI).
- Non-Utilized Talent. Underusing people’s skills, knowledge, creativity (manual tasks engineers shouldn’t do).
- Transportation. Unnecessary handoffs or transfers between people, teams, systems (Dev → QA → Ops loops).
- Inventory. Work-in-progress that isn’t delivering value yet (open PRs, backlogs, half-finished work).
- Motion. Unnecessary movement or context switching (searching for info, tool hopping, interruptions).
- Extra Processing. Doing more work than necessary (over-engineering, excessive documentation, duplicate checks).
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- Sort (Seiri)
- Set in Order (Seiton)
- Shine (Seiso)
- Standardize (Seiketsu)
- Sustain (Shitsuke)
Measure
- Metrics
Analyze
- 5 Whys
Improve
- Steps taken to improve
Control
- SOP
- Value Stream
- WBR
- Input Metrics
- Output Metrics
- Routine
- Control Charts
- Checklists