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| Criterion |  Agile NoEstimates |  Operations Waste Analysis |  Engineering Kanban |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules. | 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 | laufend | 45-120 min | Ongoing |
Participantsdifferent | 2-12 | 2-8 | 2-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationForecastingFlow | WasteLeanProcess improvement | FlowVisual managementDelivery |
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