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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Software Architecture Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Software Architecture 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.The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
4-103-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listArchitecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes
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LeanFlowWasteDelivery
CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop
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Architecture Inception Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Inception Canvas
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop