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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Product Strategy SMART Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | When goals are formulated too generally, it brings measurability, direction, and timing into shape. It prevents intentions from staying without clear verification. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | 30-90 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 1-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | SMART Goal, Measurement Note, Deadline |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | GoalsPlanningMeasurementAlignment |