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Process Improvement becomes storage instead of a decision aid when it is too long to use. Process Improvement needs change history or teams cannot reconstruct why the decision moved.", "items": [ "Process Improvement will not speed execution when ownership remains ambiguous.", "Process Improvement becomes storage instead of a decision aid when it is too long to use.", "Process Improvement needs change history or teams cannot reconstruct why the decision moved." ] }, { "key": "misunderstandings", "title": "よくある誤解 / 落とし穴", "text": null, "items": [ "Process Improvement is not valuable because the label exists; it is valuable only when it changes a decision or execution behavior.", "More detail is not automatically better for Process Improvement; the useful level is the one that clarifies ownership and review.", "Process Improvement is not a one-time workshop output because the artifact must stay current while the decision remains live." ] } ], "examples": [ { "key": "examples", "title": "最小例", "text": "A team uses Process Improvement after noticing that discussion keeps producing activity without a clear management decision. For Process Improvement, the team defines the intended outcome, names one accountable owner, and lists the evidence that would change the decision. During the Process Improvement review, the team compares current evidence with the recorded boundary, adjusts the scope, and assigns follow-through work. The Process Improvement record now helps people see why the action was chosen, what risk was accepted, and when the decision should be revisited.", "items": [] } ], "comparisons": [ { "key": "comparisons", "title": "似ている言葉との違い", "text": "Separate nearby terms by the decision each one supports. 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