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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Kepner-Tregoe
Operations
Kepner-Tregoe
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
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.For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h2-8 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-102-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listProblem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk PlanRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
A3 Problem-Solving workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Operations
A3 Problem Solving
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving