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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Agile Story Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | When teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 1-3 h | laufend, 1-5 min je Item |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-10 | 4-10 | 3-9 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | EstimationAgileMeasurement |