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| Criterion | ![]() Operations Bottleneck Analysis | ![]() Engineering Kanban | ![]() Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard | ![]() UX Research HEART Framework |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. | Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures. | Helps clarify observations, needs, and patterns in concrete terms. It groups observations into patterns, questions, and decisions. The result is captured as a HEART-GSM table and dashboard. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Ongoing | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen | 120 min initial, dann laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-12 | 4-12 | 3-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map | HEART-GSM Table, Dashboard |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | FlowVisual managementDelivery | StrategyMetricsExecution | MetricsUX researchMeasurementSatisfaction |



