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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Facilitation Power Interest Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | 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. | When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 4-10 | 2-6 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Power Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning |