Use current standardized work to distinguish variation, drift, and genuine improvement opportunities.
The move: make the current best-known way visible before you change it. Standard work is a baseline, not a cage A standard is a snapshot of the best method the team currently knows. It should be clear enough for training, consistent enough for quality, and humble enough to be revised when evidence shows a better method. The facilitator should protect that dual meaning: follow the standard today, improve the standard tomorrow. Variation needs a reference point When every person runs the process differently, the team cannot tell whether a result came from a better method, an easier case, extra effort,…
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