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Criterion
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen15-60 min je Zyklus30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-86-30 Experten1-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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FlowMeasurementConstraints
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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