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| Criterion |  Operations Barrier Analysis |  Agile WSJF |  Operations Family Tree Analysis |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | For a series of incidents with a similar pattern, the method arranges individual events as branches of a common origin. It makes visible which conditions keep recurring. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h | 45-90 min | 2-4 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-10 | 2-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Family Tree Diagram, Pattern Notes, Systemic Measures | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | Root causeSafetyIncident | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | Root causePatternsIncidentSystemic | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |