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| Criterion |  Operations Kepner-Tregoe |  Engineering Kanban |
|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a disturbance that's hard to pin down, the method cleanly separates problem, cause, and decision. It reduces mixing when symptoms allow several interpretations. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 2-8 h | Ongoing |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Problem Analysis, Decision Analysis, Risk Plan | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics |
Tagsno overlap | Problem solvingRoot causeDecisionOperations | FlowVisual managementDelivery |
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