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| Criterion |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Engineering Kanban |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | 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. | 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 scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Ongoing | 1-3 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-12 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | FlowVisual managementDelivery | FlowMeasurementConstraints | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |