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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Delivery Shape Up |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Operations Waste 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. | 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. | 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. | For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 1-3 h | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-4 pro Pitch | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | WasteLeanProcess improvement |