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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-3 h | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 4-10 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange |
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