Learn how to create a current state value stream map

"A state of the United States of America is one of the 50 constituent political entities that shares its sovereignty with the United States federal government."
[U.S. state. Wikipedia]
This political map example was redesigned from the Wikimedia Commons file: Map of USA with state names 2.svg.
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The example "Map of USA with state names" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Continent Map solution from the Maps area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Map of Australia depicting time zones offsets from UTC by state (including daylight saving).
"Time in Australia uses more than three time zones, including Australian Western Standard Time (AWST; UTC+08:00), Australian Central Standard Time (ACST; UTC+09:30), and Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST; UTC+10:00). Time is regulated by the individual state governments, some of which observe daylight saving time (DST). Australia's external territories observe different time zones." [Time in Australia. Wikipedia]
This thematic map was redesigned from Wikipedia file: Australia states timezones.png. [commons.wikimedia.org/ wiki/ File:Australia-states-timezones.png]
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
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The thematic map example "Australia states time zones" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Continent Maps solution from the Maps area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

This value stream map example was redesigned from the Wikipedia file: ValueStreamMapParts.png.
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"Value stream mapping (VSM) refers to the activity of developing a visual representation of the flow of processes, from start to finish, involved in delivering a desired outcome, service, or product (a “value stream”) that is valued by customers. In the context of government, a value stream could be the process of conducting an audit, completing a procurement, or hiring new agency staff. VSM can increase understanding of actual decision-making processes and identify sources of non-value-added time (e.g., documents waiting to be reviewed). The typical products of a 2-5 day VSM workshop are a map of the “current state” of targeted processes and a “future state” map of the desired process flow and an associated implementation plan for future process improvement activities." [en.wikibooks.org/ wiki/ Business_ Analysis_ Guidebook/ LEAN]
The VSM diagram example "Value stream map parts" was created using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Value Stream Mapping solution from the Quality area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.