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| Criterion |  Operations Process Mapping |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Operations ABC Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With a confusing workflow that has many handoffs, the method makes the actual process visible. It shows where work is passed on, delayed, or duplicated, so improvement targets the right spots. | 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. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | With many similar objects of differing economic significance, the method prioritizes effort by effect. It separates what needs regular steering from what rarely needs attention. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 45-120 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 1-5 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Process Map, Handoff List, Improvement Backlog | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | ABC Classification, Focus Rules, Control List |
Tagsno overlap | ProcessOperationsImprovement | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | PrioritizationOperationsPortfolio |