# Plan a gemba waste walk and turn it into three experiments

> Prompt · level: starter · about 20 min · paste into: Claude · ChatGPT · Claude Cowork · checked 2026-10-23
> ES: Planea un recorrido gemba de desperdicios y conviértelo en tres experimentos

A focused observation route with the 8 wastes and site examples, then the notes and photos turned into a waste log, a Pareto and three small experiments with owners.

**Before you paste:** The process and area to observe · After the walk: notes, voice memo transcript, photos.

## Prompt (copy everything inside the block, then fill the [BRACKETS])

```text
Help me plan and process a gemba waste walk on [site], following [process, e.g. drywall on level 4 from delivery to finished wall], on [date and time window], with [who walks].

Before:
1. Give me a one-page checklist of the 8 wastes (defects, overproduction, waiting, non-utilized talent, transportation, inventory, motion, extra processing) with 2 examples each for this process on a construction site.
2. Give me 6 respectful questions to ask the crew (about the process, never about people).

After (I will paste notes and photos):
3. Turn each observation into a row: time, location, waste type, what was seen (fact only), impact the walkers reported, photo id, crew idea.
4. Pareto by waste type and by location.
5. Propose 3 small experiments for the top wastes, each with owner, date and how we will measure it next week.

Never estimate lost time that we did not observe or report. Answer in my language.
```

## Notes for the agent presenting this
- Show the block above verbatim in one code block; tell your human where to paste it (Claude · ChatGPT · Claude Cowork).
- Point out the [BRACKETS] and offer to fill them together first.
- For a process that crosses several companies (submittals, deliveries), follow with `value-stream-map`.

## Related
- [Gemba waste walk (8 wastes)](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/skills/lean-waste-walk/SKILL.md) (skill)
- [Value stream map of a construction process](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/skills/value-stream-map/SKILL.md) (skill)
- [Safety walk from site photos](https://aibuilderacademy.netlify.app/prompts/safety-walk.md) (prompt)

## Sources
- https://leanconstruction.org/

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