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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-4 Wochen | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 6-30 Experten | 3-8 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | FlowMeasurementConstraints | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |