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Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
Operations
Waste Analysis
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Purposedifferent
When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery.When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing45-120 minlaufend
Participantsdifferent
2-122-82-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsWaste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules
Tagsno overlap
FlowVisual managementDelivery
WasteLeanProcess improvement
EstimationForecastingFlow
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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
Paper illustration for Three-Point Estimation.
Decision Making
Three-Point Estimation
Paper illustration for Wideband Delphi.
Decision Making
Wideband Delphi