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Criterion
Paper illustration of a four-column Kanban board with limited ongoing work, a visible blocker and a review loop.
Engineering
Kanban
A paper-based illustration representing OKRs with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Strategy
OKRs
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck 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 strategic direction needs to become measurable, it connects ambition with checkable results. It makes goals connectable to focus and review.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.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
Ongoing1-2 h Setup1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
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Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metricsOKR set, Measurement plan, Review cadenceBottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures
Tagsno overlap
FlowVisual managementDelivery
GoalsAlignmentOutcomesMeasurement
FlowMeasurementConstraints
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Paper objective sheet with five SMART fields, baseline, target, owner, deadline and a complete result statement.
Product Strategy
SMART Goals
Paper illustration of Goal Question Metric with its method-specific working model.
Engineering
Goal Question Metric
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting