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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
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
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 estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 hLaufend, Wochen bis Monate2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
4-104-103-9
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listDiscovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte StoriesRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
AgileDiscoveryDelivery
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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