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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |
|---|---|---|---|
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 loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 60-120 min | 5-10 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 5-12 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | PrioritizationProductivityExecution |
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