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== Proposed Tools for VSM within PM ==

After the Lean Principles of Value and Value Stream have been taken to PD, as a representative PM application, the actual mapping, i.e. visualization, may be explored. In contrast to manufacturing, there is a variety of tools used in the PM practice, whereby some are based on “Learning to See” (REF) while others are not necessarily intended for use in the mapping of a Value Stream. Due to the complexity and quantity of methods, this section will only give a brief overview.

Product Development Value Stream Mapping (PDVSM) is a highly complex tool that is based on Rother’s and Stock’s standard work. It was coined by Hugh McManus, who begun developing it alongside the Lean Aerospace Initiative at MIT. To study PDVSM a variety of extensive documentation is available including the 2005 published “PDVSM Manual”. Compared to “Learning to See” PDVSM comes with a number of additional symbols, such as “Action Task”, “Review Task”, “Decision Task” or “External Factor”.
Further methods used by practitioners are those not necessarily intended for this purpose. Among these are:
*Gantt Chart,
*Ward/LEI Map,
*Process Flow Map,
*System Dynamics, and
*Design Structure Matrix (DSM).