The final step is to prepare and begin actively using an implemen tation plan that describes, on one page, how you plan to achieve the future state. Then, as your future state becomes reality, a new future-state map should be drawn. That's continuous improvement e value stream level. There must always be a future-state map
The beauty of this bureaucracy- and Powerpoint-free method is that your mapping and implementation team ends up with only a few sheets of paper (the future state and a plan to achieve it) that can transform your business!
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Value stream mapping for one product family should not take too much time. In about two days you should have a future-state map drawn to the point where implementation can begin. Don't get hung up trying to make all the details on your future-state p perfectly correct. Fine-tune your future-state map as mplementation progresses