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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
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.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.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h90-180 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-83-10
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions
Tagsno overlap
FlowMeasurementConstraints
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
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Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring