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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
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
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.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h30-90 min Setup, danach laufend2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
4-101-83-9
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk CommunicationRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
ForecastingFlowDelivery
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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Agile
Affinity Estimation
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Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile