Bootcamp
Phase 2 · Module 1 · Backlog and start
Early week 2, a 90-minute workshop: the backlog table of 8–15 instructions, with one named owner per entry.
Without a backlog, the loudest voice decides each week, and after 5 weeks 30 instructions are started and none is finished. The backlog is your contract document and your sales tool: when the plant manager asks “What are you actually doing?”, you open one page.
8–15entries
1name per entry
1page for management
The workshop: 90 minutes, 5 steps
- Define the area (15 min). “Packaging line 2”, not “all of production”. One line done fully beats five done halfway.
- Get 5–8 candidates into the table (30 min). Per entry: task, use case, today’s problem, value. 8 sketched beat 3 perfect.
- One named person per entry (20 min). Not “the shift”. Plus a backlog lead who keeps the whole thing in view.
- Plan how to inform the team (15 min). 5 minutes per shift, three sentences are enough.
- KPI estimates (10 min). Baseline and target where measurable. Where not: the value in words. Invent nothing.
What a backlog looks like: example
| Task | Owner | Target |
|---|---|---|
| CNC mill · Standard tool change | Mia Wagner | Set-up time 30 → 20 min |
| CNC mill · Clear fault E-42 | Mia Wagner | Downtime −20 min per case |
| Assembly · Daily cleaning | Lea Schmidt | fully documented |
| Goods-in · Labelling variant X | Tom Becker | Halve the error rate |
| Hall A · Forklift visual check | Alex Berger | every check verifiable |
Homework by the end of week 2 (~3 hrs)
- Sharpen the backlog to 8–15 entries.
- Measure baselines: time set-ups with a stopwatch, ask for scrap rates.
- Inform all shifts.
- Start the first 1–2 recordings. Don’t wait for a perfect backlog.
- For module 2: list your 6 stakeholders.
