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Paper illustration of Scrum with its method-specific working model.
Agile
Scrum
Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
Operations
Waste Analysis
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
Purposedifferent
When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries.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.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
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend45-120 min30-90 min Setup, danach laufend
Participantsdifferent
3-10 (Scrum Team)2-81-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint GoalWaste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication
Tagsno overlap
AgileIterationCadence
WasteLeanProcess improvement
ForecastingFlowDelivery
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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of Dual Track Agile with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile