Great Big Agile: An OS for Agile Leaders

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32. Gemba Kaizen

Jeff Dalton¹ 

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Waterford, MI, USA

 

Gemba Kaizen is a Japanese concept of continuous improvement designed for enhancing processes. Gemba refers to the location where work is performed, while Kaizen is tied to the improvements. Gemba Kaizen includes identifying changes, making improvements, monitoring changes, and readjusting as necessary. An individual, group of people, or an improvement suggestion system can perform Kaizen. Having a strategic system in place to monitor improvements will lead to great results in the long-term overall improvement.

Typical Roles

• Agile CXO

• Agile Leader

• Agile Team

Desired Behaviors

1. 1.

   Identify business problems that ...