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Criterion
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Purposedifferent
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, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence.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.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHighHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h90-180 min30-90 min Setup, danach laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-103-81-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
ForecastingFlowDelivery
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
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