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| Criterion |  Facilitation Storytelling |  Engineering Kanban |  Agile NoEstimates |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily. | 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. | 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. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | Ongoing | laufend | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-6 | 2-12 | 2-12 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Narrative Outline, Key Message, Story Arc | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation | FlowVisual managementDelivery | EstimationForecastingFlow | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |