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| Criterion |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |  Operations Waste Analysis |  Engineering Kanban |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. | 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. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 45-120 min | Ongoing |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-8 | 2-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics |
Tagsno overlap | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model | WasteLeanProcess improvement | FlowVisual managementDelivery |
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