Repair a Cross-Unit Handoff Bottleneck

What this session can decide

Agree handoff procedures, information provided, and receipt checks. Refer formal changes to the division of duties to the responsible person.

Outside its scope

• Do not assign responsibility definitively to absent units.
• Do not assess individuals' processing speed.
• Do not change duties without authority.

Primary caution: Do not assign responsibility definitively to absent units.

Before starting

Question and scope

Make missing handoffs and differences in sender/recipient understanding visible, then decide the smallest receipt check. Before starting, state the subject and time period in one sentence.

What this session decides

Agree handoff procedures, information provided, and receipt checks. Refer formal changes to the division of duties to the responsible person.

Output recipient

The Recorder stores the final handoff-improvement commitments, retaining an owner, start point, and checking method for each item.

Participation and information boundaries

Offer speaking, writing, or passing as participation choices. Keep personal information, confidential information, and attribute-based evaluation off the record surface.

Operating roles

Assign Lead facilitator, Recorder, and Timekeeper before starting, and confirm who announces switching and stopping.

Next review

Set a review date, viewers, and the person responsible for the next decision on the handoff-improvement commitments.

Who takes responsibility

Lead facilitator

Keep Repair a Cross-Unit Handoff Bottleneck within its purpose and exclusions, and announce the start and end of each stage.

From before the start through the end

Recorder

Record the handoff-point map, support-exchange table, and handoff-improvement commitments at each stage, then hand them to the recipient at the end.

From preparing record surfaces before the start through storage after the end

Timekeeper

Notify the Lead facilitator 3 minutes before each stage ends and when switching to breaks or buffer time.

At the start of every stage and 3 minutes before its end

Session flow

Minutes are measured from the session start. Method time, transition time, breaks and buffer are shown separately; they are not additional overlapping activities.

1. 0–48 minutes

   Lay out handoff points

   Method: Handoff Stations · 0–45 minutes. Transition: 45–48 minutes (3 minutes).

   Place work handoff points in chronological order. At each point, write who passes what, and what the recipient must check for completion.

   Responsible: Lead facilitator; Recorder; Timekeeper

   Output: Handoff-point map

   Handoff: Pass handoff points with insufficient checks or differing understandings to the stage for organising needed support and the scope of provision.

   This stage may be shortened only in accordance with the stated conditions.

2. 48–111 minutes

   Exchange needed support and the scope of provision

   Method: What I Need from You · 48–108 minutes. Transition: 108–111 minutes (3 minutes).

   Each recipient makes a specific request to the sender for needed information or actions. The sender answers yes, yes with conditions, or no, and records conditions and reasons.

   Responsible: Lead facilitator; Recorder; Timekeeper

   Output: Support-exchange table

   Handoff: Pass only agreed support on as candidates for smallest commitments.

   This stage is not marked as shortenable.

3. 121–149 minutes

   Decide the smallest receipt check

   Method: Smallest Commitment Chain · 121–146 minutes. Transition: 146–149 minutes (3 minutes).

   Choose the smallest action that can change from this week at each handoff point. Link actions so the next person can check that the preceding person has finished.

   Responsible: Lead facilitator; Recorder; Timekeeper

   Output: Handoff-improvement commitments

   Handoff: Pass the commitments to each person assigned and the work owner.

   This stage is not marked as shortenable.

What is retained and who receives it

Materials and setup

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Setup for each method

When to switch or stop

Fallbacks

There are more than 15 handoff points.

Limit the scope to 3 points with many delays.

Method guide: Handoff Stations

Stop conditions

People try to assign obligations to absent people or external contractors.

Hold them as proposals and set a deadline for checking with those concerned.

Discussion turns to assessing individual ability or work attitude.

Return the question to items handed over, conditions, and checking actions.

Sources, rights and limits

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