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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Business Strategy Value Chain Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | A Business Model Stress Test checks how well a business model holds up under pressure and headwinds. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a stress-test report and action plan per scenario. | Value Chain Analysis shows where value is created, costs accrue, and differentiation becomes possible along the process. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and courses of action. The result is captured as a value-chain map and lever list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | High |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-2 h | Half day | Half day |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 4-12 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Value Chain Map, Lever List |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | StrategyBusiness modelDiagnosisAnalysis |