Which practice is least associated with Sustain?

Which practice is least associated with Sustain?

• A. Staying with established standards
• B. Regular maintenance
• C. Sudden heavy overhauls of the process
• D. Daily coaching

Answer: (C)

Sustain is about keeping the gains from improvements over time by reinforcing new ways of working and preventing backsliding. Staying with established standards, regular maintenance, and daily coaching all support this stability: standards lock in the new process, maintenance keeps equipment and systems reliable, and daily coaching reinforces the correct behaviors so the improvements don’t fade. Sudden heavy overhauls of the process disrupt that stability. Big, abrupt changes break the new routines and introduce variability, making it hard to maintain the gains. Because sustain relies on consistent, incremental adherence and reinforcement, this kind of abrupt overhaul is the least associated with sustaining improvements.

Sustain is about keeping the gains from improvements over time by reinforcing new ways of working and preventing backsliding. Staying with established standards, regular maintenance, and daily coaching all support this stability: standards lock in the new process, maintenance keeps equipment and systems reliable, and daily coaching reinforces the correct behaviors so the improvements don’t fade.

Sudden heavy overhauls of the process disrupt that stability. Big, abrupt changes break the new routines and introduce variability, making it hard to maintain the gains. Because sustain relies on consistent, incremental adherence and reinforcement, this kind of abrupt overhaul is the least associated with sustaining improvements.