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Criterion
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper board with the four ROAM fields Resolved, Owned, Accepted, and Mitigated.
Agile
ROAM Board
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
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.When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List.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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h20-40 min initial, dann laufend45-90 min30 min Setup, dann laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-103-152-61-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listROAM Board, Owner ListCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceRAID Log, Status Report Source
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
RiskAgileTrackingAlignment
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
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