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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Delivery Shape Up |  Delivery Monte Carlo Forecasting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 45-90 min | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 30-90 min Setup, danach laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-6 | 2-4 pro Pitch | 1-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication |
Tags1 shared | FlowVisual managementDelivery | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | ForecastingFlowDelivery |