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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 90-180 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 1-6 | 4-12 | 3-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | GQM Table, Metric Profiles |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | DecisionTreeOptions | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment |