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Criterion
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of Shape Up with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Shape Up
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
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.Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts.With an overloaded day full of too many tasks, a realistic picture of the day emerges. The method connects estimating, deciding, and buffer thinking so planning fits available energy and time.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down10-20 min daily1-2 h Setup, laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-102-4 pro Pitch11
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesDaily Plan, Time Estimates, Review NotesAction Lists, Project List, Review Routine
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
PlanningTime managementProductivityOperations
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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