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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Agile NoEstimates |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |
|---|---|---|---|
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 estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | laufend | 20–45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-12 | Small cross-functional group |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | EstimationForecastingFlow | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning |
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