AI at the Gemba · lesson 8 · worksheet

The handoff cards

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DateThe job, with its stations (no names, no customers)Name

Part 1. One card per step. Returns is a list of fixed fields, so that nothing important can be dropped. Gate is the check that must pass before the next step starts. Who decides is a named person, or "the gate".

	Step 1: ______	Step 2: ______	Step 3: ______
Receives
Returns (fixed fields)
Done when
Gate
Who decides

Part 2. Mark each gate S (a script or spreadsheet), 2 (an independent second source), P (a person) or M (a model checking itself). Replace every M with something stronger.

Gate between	S · 2 · P · M	What it checks, and what happens when it fails
	S 2 P M
	S 2 P M
	S 2 P M

Yield at 95% a step, with no gates: 0.95 multiplied by itself ___ times = ______

With a gate that catches 80% (about 99% a step): ______

Where a person decides, and only there: after meaning is set, and before anything irreversible or outbound.

The stop-the-line note: when a gate fails, who is told, what is logged (gate, input, time), and who decides what happens next:

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