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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
Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
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.The Architecture Inception Canvas bundles the first architecture questions into a compact decision picture. It fits when an initiative is still in motion but still needs clear guardrails.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-102-4 pro Pitch3-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listPitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomesInception Canvas, Risks, Goal List, Open Questions
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LeanFlowWasteDelivery
PlanningDeliveryAutonomy
AlignmentArchitectureCanvas
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Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture Canvas
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan