Key concept
Minimum Effective Intervention
The smallest practical intervention, at the highest-leverage moment, likely to materially improve the probability of the intended outcome.
Characteristics
Proportionate by design
- Selected after understanding the operational reality
- Applied at a material Assurance Point
- Aims to improve reliability without adding unnecessary complexity
- Implemented, measured and improved before effectiveness can be established
A Minimum Effective Intervention does not automatically mean new software, more policy, an additional approval or wholesale process redesign.
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Assurance Points
The material moments where a proportionate intervention can be applied.
Operational Reality Mapping
Establish the operational reality before selecting an intervention.
Minimum Effective Intervention Workshop
A practitioner workshop for evidence-ready problems requiring a proportionate intervention.