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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Business Strategy Business Model Stress Test |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | Half day | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 3-8 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Stress Test Report, Action Plan per Scenario | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | StrategyBusiness modelRiskDiagnosis | LeanFlowWasteDelivery |
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