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| Criterion |  Agile Story Splitting |  Agile Scrum |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Operations Waste Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify. | When a team needs to work in a fixed delivery rhythm, it stabilizes cadence, responsibility, and feedback loops. It makes collaboration reliable across sprint boundaries. | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 1-3 h | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 4-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split Rationale | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | BacklogIterationDelivery | AgileIterationCadence | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | WasteLeanProcess improvement |