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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Feynman Technique.
Knowledge Modeling
Feynman Technique
Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
Paper illustration for Teach-back.
Knowledge Modeling
Teach-back
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.The Feynman Technique checks understanding by explaining a topic so that it stays easy for others to understand. It makes knowledge gaps visible before they become costly in everyday work.When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable.Teach-back checks whether an explanation actually got through to the other person. The method makes misunderstandings visible early and strengthens shared understanding in advisory and learning situations.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-60 minOngoing5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1012-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listPlain-language Explanation, Knowledge Gaps, Study NotesKanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsUnderstanding Check, Clarification Notes, Learning Gaps
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
LearningKnowledgeUnderstanding
FlowVisual managementDelivery
LearningUnderstandingCommunication
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