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| Criterion |  Agile Story Splitting |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Agile Scrum |  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 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. | 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. | 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 | 1-3 h | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 4-10 | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split Rationale | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | BacklogIterationDelivery | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | AgileIterationCadence | WasteLeanProcess improvement |