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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Tree |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 90-180 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 4-12 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | DecisionTreeOptions |