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Weekly Operations Huddle Worksheet (problem solving)

An interactive, savable worksheet for weekly operational huddles that guides scorecard review, problem prioritization, root-cause analysis, experiment design, rollout decisions, training needs, and action tracking. Designed to help teams turn weekly discussion into recorded experiments and repeatable improvements.

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Weekly Operations Huddle Worksheet

Use this worksheet to guide a focused weekly operations huddle. Start with a quick scorecard review, surface and prioritize the top operational problems, run a brief root-cause analysis, design measurable experiments, decide on rollout or pilot plans, and record training needs and actions. Save each meeting to build organizational memory and sustain improvements.

Suggested time split: choose a time allocation that fits your volume — the 60/30/10 split is a good default (scorecard/problem prioritization/experiments & planning).

YYYY-MM-DD or a friendly date
Which restaurant, shift or team is holding this huddle
Person running the huddle
List people present (names & roles)
Choose a suggested time split (custom minutes allowed below)
Enter total minutes when you select Custom (optional)
Brief summary of key KPIs and trends since last meeting (sales, labor %, food cost, ticket time, waste, guest satisfaction) - paste charts or notes
List the 3–6 metrics you want the team to prioritize this week (name and current value)
A concise name (e.g., 'Service slippage at dinner rush')
What happened, when, data or customer feedback supporting it
Estimate business impact
1.0 10.0
Estimated effort to fix
1.0 10.0
Optional second problem
Optional
Optional
1.0 10.0
Optional
1.0 10.0
Optional third problem
Optional
Optional
1.0 10.0
Optional
1.0 10.0
Choose which problem you'll perform the RCA on (use titles above)
Ask 'why' about the problem — write the first likely cause
Ask why again based on answer to Why 1
Keep probing toward root causes
Optional
Optional deeper probe
Which problem will this experiment target?
State a specific, testable hypothesis
Who will run it?
Name the metric and how you'll measure it (e.g., % of on-time tickets)
Current value of the metric
What success looks like for this experiment
How long you'll run the experiment
YYYY-MM-DD
Staff, equipment, time, budget required
Known risks and how you'll reduce them
Decide what to do after the experiment
Which shifts/locations/customers will be included
Will staff need training to support this change?
What to train on, who will deliver, and target completion date
Concrete next action (who does what)
Name and role
YYYY-MM-DD
Track progress
Optional second action
Optional
YYYY-MM-DD
Optional
Optional third action
Optional
YYYY-MM-DD
Optional
Capture short lessons from this huddle and experiment planning
A single, high-leverage next step for the team
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