A3 v1.
A3
Title Name(s) Date
Background: Proposed Countermeasure(s):
Why you are talking about it. Your proposal to reach the future state, the target condition.
- What alternatives could be considered?
What is the business reason for choosing this issue? - How will you choose among the options? What decision criteria?
How your recommended countermeasures will impact the root cause to
change the current situation and achieve the target.
Current Conditions:
Where things stand today.
- What’s the problem with that, with where we stand?
Implementation Plan:
- What is the actual symptom that the business feels that requires action?
A chart or table that shows actions/outcomes, timeline and responsibilities.
Show visually – pareto charts, graphs, drawings, maps, etc.
May include details on the specific means of implementation.
- Who will do what, when and how?
Indicators of performance, of progress.
Target(s)/Goal(s) - How will we know if the actions have the impact needed?
The specific outcome required for the business. - What are the critical few, visual, most natural measures?
- What is the specific change you want to accomplish now.?
- How will you measure success?
Analysis
The root cause(s) of the problem.
- Why are we experiencing the symptom?
Follow Up:
- What constraints prevent us from the goal?
Choose the simplest problem-solving tool for this issue: Remaining issues that can be anticipated.
- Five whys - Any failure modes to watch out for? Any unintended consequences?
- Fishbone
- QC Tools Ensure ongoing P-D-C-A.
- LSS Tools
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