Template
Lean Process Flow Diagram
Use this template to visualise a high-level view of a Lean approach to product development, project or program of work, showing the sequence of main stages.
Tags in this template lean process flow agile product management product development
How to use this template
The Lean Process Flow Diagram template is a way to help you understand and communicate to others the essential steps in Lean Process, popularized in the book Lean Thinking, by James P Womack and Daniel T Jones. You can apply these steps as principles to many different business processes. You might like to add other text to this template, and change the colors, to harmonize it with your organization's terminology and branding.
The steps are:
1. Identify value
2. Map the value stream
3. Create flow
4. Establish pull
5. Seek perfection
Reference: Check out https://www.lean.org/the-lean-post/articles/the-five-steps-of-lean-implementation/
Outcomes
- Improved visual representation of the value stream
- Increased awareness of process efficiency and reduced waste
- Identification of bottlenecks and areas for improvement
- Alignment and agreement among stakeholders on the current state of the process
- Increased communication and collaboration among team members
PRO TIP
Once you have adapted this template to include your own organization's terminology, try using it as a way to have a team retrospective. Export your Lean Process Flow Diagram as an image, and use it as a background in your collaboration canvas of choice (e.g. Mural or Miro), and invite your team members to add sticky notes on top of it for what is going well, and not so well.
Customize the layout, content, and colors of this template, or swap elements for others to match your purpose.
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