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| Criterion | ![]() Growth Funnel Analysis | ![]() Delivery Value Stream Mapping | ![]() Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many visitors or users drop off along the way, the reason behind the number often stays hidden. Funnel Analysis exposes these transitions and makes visible exactly where the path collapses. | 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. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-5 | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Funnel report, Drop-off analysis, Optimization hypotheses | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan |
Tagsno overlap | AnalyticsConversionGrowth | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery |
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