The Gauge Sheet
The operation’s one unit, its four-step yield, and the gauge reading built from it.
Proves: the team can state its number — and show every step that produced it.
OPEN THE ARTIFACT → MODULE 2 · COMMITMENTS YOU CAN COUNTThe Commitment Page
One week of binary promises, each kept or missed, every miss carrying a reason code.
Proves: promises here are countable — and the misses explain themselves.
OPEN THE ARTIFACT → MODULE 3 · LESS STARTED, MORE FINISHEDThe WIP Board
Work in four columns, a stated limit on each, and the flow time the board itself predicts.
Proves: the team limits what it starts — so more of what it starts gets finished.
OPEN THE ARTIFACT → MODULE 6 · REPORT THE ALMOSTReport the Almost — Near-Miss Log
A register of the errors that almost escaped — what caught each one, and the fix that followed.
Proves: near-misses are reported and learned from, not hidden.
OPEN THE ARTIFACT → MODULE 11 · ONE PLAN, FOUR GATESOne Plan, Four Gates
The team’s next improvement as a one-page plan, passing four gates held by named people.
Proves: one plan, visibly staged — with a named holder accountable at every gate.
OPEN THE ARTIFACT → MODULE 13 · THE WEEKLY REVIEWThe Weekly Review
A review by exception: only departures from standard, one controllable input per gauge part, decisions recorded.
Proves: the weekly meeting works the exceptions — not a tour of everything that went fine.
OPEN THE ARTIFACT → MODULE 14 · CAPSTONE — REGISTERS THAT REMEMBERThe Register That Remembers
The gauge itself under change control: every change dated, reasoned, approved, and re-read.
Proves: the number can be trusted over time — because its definition never changes quietly.
OPEN THE ARTIFACT → PROJECT MANAGEMENT FORMProject Charter
A one-page charter for the team’s improvement project: purpose, scope, milestones, roles, and sign-off.
Proves: the project was agreed in writing — scope, owners, and success measures — before work began.
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