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| Criterion |  Architecture Architecture Decision Record |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Agile WSJF |  Delivery Monte Carlo Forecasting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable. | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | 15-45 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 30-90 min Setup, danach laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 1-3 | 4-10 | 3-10 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ADR File, Decision Log, Rationale | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication |
Tagsno overlap | ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | ForecastingFlowDelivery |