Evidence

Identity

• Dominant purpose appears to be methodology rather than an adjacent artifact type.
• Common usage in operations improvement emphasizes improvement methodology focused on waste reduction.

Capabilities

• Capabilities reflect repeated functions the artifact can perform in practice.
• Selections remain provisional and tied to current corpus evidence.

Composition

• Composition recorded only where reasoning structure appears materially present.

Lifecycle

• Lifecycle is currently assessed as established based on broad usage and historical visibility.

Alternatives Considered

• framework: considered but not selected as dominant identity.
• process: considered but not selected as dominant identity.