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| Criterion |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Operations After-Action Review |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Operations Theory of Constraints |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. | 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. | For a system that does not get faster despite effort, the method directs attention to the bottleneck. It concentrates improvement on the point that actually limits throughput. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 20-45 min | 1-3 h | 2-4 h Analyse, laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 3-12 | 3-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Constraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow Metrics |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | LearningOperationsImprovement | FlowMeasurementConstraints | OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement |