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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
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-103-102-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
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LeanFlowWasteDelivery
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Architecture Communication Canvas method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting