Value Stream Mapping Quiz 4

What is the main purpose of value stream mapping?

• To increase costs

• To highlight the actual situation

• To create more bureaucracy

• To optimize value delivery

What does a value stream consist of?

• Non-value added steps

• Steps controlled by a single department

• All the steps required for product delivery

• Only value-added steps

What is the metaphor for flow in a value stream?

• Islands

• Silos

• Bottlenecks

• Stream

What does the theory of constraints define as a constraint?

• Anything that improves performance

• Anything that prevents achieving a goal

• Only legal and regulatory rules

• Only bottlenecks

What is the aim of future state design in value stream mapping?

• To increase bureaucracy

• To create a complicated system

• To optimize only individual teams

• To develop a simple system for value creation

What is the term used for the state marked by a lack of flow or movement?

• Optimization

• Innovation

• Disruption

• Stagnation

What is the end-to-end product delivery process referred to as?

• Concept to cash

• Product to concept

• Cash to concept

• Service to cash

What is the main reason for implementing value stream mapping?

• To create more silos

• To understand how work is done

• To highlight the bad situation

• To increase complexity

What does value stream mapping help organizations understand?

• How to create more bureaucracy

• How work is done

• How to optimize individual teams

• How to increase costs

What is the term used for the flow of value in a value stream?

• Islands

• Silos

• Stream

• Bottlenecks