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Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
Purposedifferent
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.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.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
laufend1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-124-102-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
EstimationForecastingFlow
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Stakeholder Mapping
Facilitation
Stakeholder Mapping