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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of a branching impact map with a Why goal at the root, actor circles, How behavior changes and What options.
Product Strategy
Impact Mapping
Paper illustration of GIST Planning with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
GIST Planning
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 a goal needs to be connected to several possible paths, it shows chains of impact instead of feature lists. It connects business goal, behavior change, and measures.GIST Planning helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities. It links customer value, product logic, and decision priorities, and captures the result as goals, an idea bank, and a step-project list.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 minWochen bis Monate je Goal
Participantsdifferent
4-103-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listImpact Map, Outcome Hypotheses, Delivery OptionsGoals, Idea bank, Step-project list, Tasks, Learning reports
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
OutcomesStrategyBehaviorPlanning
RoadmapOutcomesPlanningExperiments
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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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