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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Purposedifferent
When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timesame
1-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-84-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
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Innovation
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Delivery
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Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
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