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| Criterion |  Product Discovery Dual-Track Agile |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Delivery Monte Carlo Forecasting |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When uncertainty and delivery run in parallel, it separates learning work from implementation while keeping both connected. It prevents unvalidated ideas from falling directly into the delivery stream. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | Laufend, Wochen bis Monate | 1-3 h | 30-90 min Setup, danach laufend | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 4-10 | 1-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Discovery Backlog, Delivery Backlog, Experiment-Ergebnisse, Validierte Stories | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | AgileDiscoveryDelivery | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | ForecastingFlowDelivery | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |