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| Criterion |  Operations PDCA Cycle |  Agile WSJF |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For an improvement that still has to prove itself in everyday work, the method runs it through small learning loops. It connects planning, checking, and standardization into a repeatable learning mode. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1 h bis mehrere Wochen | 45-90 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-8 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | PDCA Log, Experiment Plan, Learning Outcome, Standard Change | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | ICE Table, Top Idea List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | Continuous improvementLeanExperiments | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |