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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Operations Gemba Walk |
|---|---|---|---|
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 an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | When there is uncertainty about the real course of a process, the method brings observation to the place where work happens. It combines perception, follow-up questions, and process knowledge so decisions rest on actual workflows instead of assumptions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 30-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Observation Notes, Improvement Ideas |
Tags1 shared | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | LeanObservationProcessOperations |
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