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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Innovation Starbursting |
|---|---|---|
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. | Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery |
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