Makes work visible, limits WIP, and uses flow metrics to show where a technical system is slowing down.
Core question: What helps us finish started work promptly and more predictably within our agreed workflow?
Operating practiceMethod form: Operating practice. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
Ongoing
2-12
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DeliveryCategory: Delivery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Maps a service's path all the way to delivery and exposes wait times, waste, and bottlenecks.
Core question: How does one concrete work item move from request to delivery today?
Mapping toolMethod form: Mapping tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
1-3 h
4-10
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AgileCategory: Agile. Describes the method's domain of use.
Splits stories that are too large into smaller testable slices while keeping value, dependencies, and interfaces in view.
Core question: How can we create smaller, independently testable slices while retaining useful value?
Planning toolMethod form: Planning tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-60 min
2-6
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DeliveryCategory: Delivery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Defines audiences, channels, frequencies, and owners so relevant information reliably gets through.
Core question: Who needs which information when, from whom and through which feedback channel?
Planning toolMethod form: Planning tool. Describes how this method is used in practice.LowComplexity: low. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
45-90 min
2-6
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DeliveryCategory: Delivery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves scope, sequence, and delivery flow toward a concrete result through "formulate the forecast question", "choose historical flow data", and "update the forecast regularly".
Core question: What probability distribution for completion duration or delivered count emerges when actual historical throughput values are repeatedly resampled?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
30-90 min Setup, danach laufend
1-8
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DeliveryCategory: Delivery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Moves scope, order, and delivery flow toward a concrete result through "adopt the initiative list", "clarify value types for each initiative, such as revenue, efficiency, or risk", and "derive a sorted sequence".
Core question: What value is lost per week of delay, what is the loss profile, and which assumptions support the estimate?
Decision methodMethod form: Decision method. Describes how this method is used in practice.HighComplexity: high. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.WorkshopFormat: workshop. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
90-180 min
3-8
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Product DiscoveryCategory: Product Discovery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Separates discovery and delivery so that validated stories only move into implementation after learning loops.
Core question: Which solution is valuable, usable, feasible, and viable enough for delivery?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.
Laufend, Wochen bis Monate
4-10
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DeliveryCategory: Delivery. Describes the method's domain of use.
Structures product work around shaped pitches, bets, fixed cycles, hill charts, and scope hammering.
Core question: Is the problem important and the shaped solution deliverable within the appetite as a responsible bet?
Process modelMethod form: Process model. Describes how this method is used in practice.MediumComplexity: medium. Estimates preparation, facilitation effort, and method confidence needed.Workshop + asyncFormat: workshop or async. Shows whether the method works in a workshop, asynchronously, or both.