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| Criterion |  Engineering Kanban |  Operations Visual Management |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | Ongoing | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 1-20 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list |
Tagsno overlap | FlowVisual managementDelivery | SignalsOperationsVisual management | LeanFlowWasteDelivery |
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