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| Criterion | ![]() Engineering Goal Question Metric | ![]() Operations Bottleneck Analysis |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures |
Tags1 shared | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | FlowMeasurementConstraints |
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