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Criterion
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
A paper-based illustration representing arc42 with its core stages and visible working result.
Architecture
arc42
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.arc42 structures architecture knowledge so teams can document system, decisions, and risks consistently. The template builds a living understanding of the architecture instead of scattered notes.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min Setup, danach laufend1-2 Tage45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-101-81-42-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationArchitecture Document, Context View, Runtime View, Deployment ViewCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
ForecastingFlowDelivery
ArchitectureDocumentationCommunication
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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