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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
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.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-106-30 Experten3-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
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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
Paper illustration of DIBB with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
DIBB
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis