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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Business Strategy Balanced Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | Halber Tag bis mehrere Wochen |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 4-10 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Balanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative Map |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | StrategyMetricsExecution |
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