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Criterion
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
Systems Thinking
CATWOE Analysis
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.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.CATWOE structures a problem from six viewpoints and prevents too narrow a view of the situation. Different experiences of the system become comparably discussable this way.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 hHalf day45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-103-123-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listLeverage Map, Action StrategyCATWOE Canvas, Root Definition, Stakeholder Perspectives, Constraints
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
Systems thinkingFramingStakeholders
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
Systems Thinking
Future Reality Tree