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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting
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.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-30 min Planung, laufend30-90 min Setup, danach laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-1011-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanForecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication
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LeanFlowWasteDelivery
PlanningTime managementFocus
ForecastingFlowDelivery
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
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ALPEN Method
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Delivery
Communication Plan