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| Criterion |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Operations 5 Whys |  Operations Learning Review |  Agile WSJF |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. | After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 15-30 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-6 | 3-10 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Root cause notes, Countermeasures | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization |