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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Product Strategy DIBB |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | DIBB helps clarify target groups, value, goals, and priorities by making the logic behind a decision explicit. It captures results as a DIBB document, belief list, bet list, and learning report. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-8 | 1-8 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | DIBB document, Belief list, Bet list, Learning report | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | StrategyDecisionAssumptionsHypothesis | SensemakingDecisionRationale | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |