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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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Decision Making
RAPID
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 a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30 min Setup, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-101-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone3-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listRAID Log, Status Report SourceRAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log
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LeanFlowWasteDelivery
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
DecisionRolesGovernance
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Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
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Delivery
Communication Plan
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Delivery
Cost of Delay