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Criterion
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
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 many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min1-4 Wochen
Participantsdifferent
4-103-101-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summary
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Smoke Test.
Product Discovery
Smoke Test
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of Experiment Canvas with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Product Discovery
Experiment Canvas