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Orchestration Full Cycle

Improvement Sprint

The free skills are precise tools. Each does one job exactly right. The Improvement Sprint chains them together into a complete improvement workflow: problem routing → root cause → A3 structure → kaizen charter → 30/60/90 follow-up. One session. One file.

$29 one-time · ordered by email · licensed for your own use, not for resale or redistribution
Buy Now · $29 → What you get ↓
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Route
start-here
→
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Root Cause
root-cause
→
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A3
a3-coach
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Charter
kaizen-charter
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Follow-up
30/60/90

What You Get

Five deliverables from one session

The orchestration skill passes context from each stage to the next automatically. You don't have to re-explain the problem, re-paste data, or repeat yourself between tools.

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Problem Statement
Structured, scoped, and confirmed before any analysis begins. No chasing symptoms.
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Root Cause Analysis
5 Whys or fishbone, whichever fits. Evidence-tagged, assumptions flagged, no invented whys.
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A3 Report
One-page problem structure ready for a steering committee or sponsor review. Sourced baselines, specific targets.
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Kaizen Charter
Complete charter with scope, team, agenda, and baseline metrics, pre-filled from your A3 so you're not re-entering data.
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30/60/90 Follow-Up Plan
Dated milestones, named owners, and a verification checklist, built from the charter's targets so the gain is tracked, not assumed.

Orchestration vs. Unit Skills

What makes this different from the free skills

Feature Free Skills (individual) Improvement Sprint (this)
Root cause investigation ✓ ✓
A3 structure ✓ (separate skill) ✓ pre-filled from RCA
Kaizen charter ✓ (separate skill) ✓ pre-filled from A3
Context passed between stages ✗ you re-explain each time ✓ automatic
30/60/90 follow-up plan ✗ ✓ dated and owned
Cross-stage consistency check ✗ ✓ targets flow through to charter metrics
Single session, one file ✗ 4 separate skills to install ✓

How It Works

Describe your problem. The sprint runs the play.

The Improvement Sprint is a single SKILL.md file with a built-in orchestration layer. You describe your problem, and the skill routes through each stage, surfacing the right coaching questions at the right time, passing context forward, and producing integrated deliverables rather than disconnected documents.

Draft-first throughout

Say "just draft it" at any point and the sprint produces the full deliverable set immediately with [NEEDS GEMBA] placeholders. Then you iterate with the real data as it comes in from the floor.

FAQ

Common questions

What does "one-time" mean?
You pay once, download the SKILL.md file, and use it in as many Claude Code projects as you want, forever. No subscription, no renewal, no per-use charges.
Does it require the free skills too?
No. The orchestration file is self-contained. All the logic is inside it. You don't need to install the individual free skill files separately, though you can use them alongside it.
Does it work for healthcare and service environments?
Yes. The skill mirrors your vocabulary as soon as you use it: "patients" instead of "units," "turnaround" instead of "changeover," PDSA instead of PDCA. The underlying logic doesn't change; the labels do.
What Claude model does it require?
Any Claude model available in Claude Code. It works best with Claude Sonnet or Claude Opus for the A3 and root-cause reasoning stages.
What's the refund policy?
If the skill doesn't work as described, email pjducey@gmail.com and I'll make it right with a full refund or a replacement, your call.

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