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Criterion
Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
Operations
Waste Analysis
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Purposedifferent
For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery.When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.
Complexitydifferent
LowMedium
Timedifferent
45-120 min30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
2-83-12
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items
Tagsno overlap
WasteLeanProcess improvement
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
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Value Stream Mapping