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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
Option Framing
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.In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question.
Complexitysame
MediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-120 min
Participantsdifferent
4-103-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listOption Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
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Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
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Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
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