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Criterion
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
Paper illustration for Dot Estimation.
Facilitation
Dot Estimation
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 uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream.When size or effort can only be estimated roughly, Dot Estimation condenses the group's experience into a quick range. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as an Effort Heatmap, Risk Signals, and Discussion Targets.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 hLaufend, Wochen bis Monate5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
4-104-103-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listDiscovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte StoriesEffort Heatmap, Risk Signals, Discussion Targets
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LeanFlowWasteDelivery
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
EstimationEffortRisk
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting