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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |  Decision Making DACI |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 1-8 | 2-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | SensemakingDecisionRationale | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |