value stream map experiment
Experiment: value stream map
Problem: Companies invest in agile and other accelerators, but they don't really know where their bottlenecks are or how they change. Accelerating a non bottleneck step will actually make the flow of value worse.
Hypothesis: Visualizing the flow of value will expose the real bottlenecks, lead us to high impact improvement experiments, and avoid investing in non bottleneck improvement initiatives.
Time Frame: 8 hours, ask pivot or persevere after two hours
Typical Outcomes: Increase increase flow KPIs, increase quality of the relentless improvement backlog
Skill Growth Criteria: You have mapped a value stream in the context of a business goal, identified bottlenecks, crafted improvement experiments, executed the experiments and used product and flow KPIs to measure the impact of those experiments.
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