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Criterion
Paper illustration of Futures Wheel with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Futures Wheel
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Purposedifferent
The Futures Wheel helps explore the consequences of a decision, a trend, or a strategic move in a structured way. It makes visible which first, second, and third-order effects could arise from an event.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
60-120 min45-90 min1-3 h30-90 min Setup, danach laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-103-104-101-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Futures Wheel, Consequence Chains, Strategic SignalsRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication
Tagsno overlap
ForesightSystems thinkingSignals
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
ForecastingFlowDelivery
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