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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree
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.A Future Reality Tree shows how desired actions are meant to lead to a better system state. The method checks whether a path of change holds together logically before time flows into implementation.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h2-4 h
Participantsdifferent
4-103-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listFuture Reality Tree, Negative Branches, Assumption List, Improved Injections
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
Theory of ConstraintsSystems thinkingChange
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