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| Criterion |  Business Strategy Strategy Execution Loop |  Agile Scrum |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |  Operations Barrier Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | The Strategy Execution Loop helps avoid treating strategy as a one-off document. It makes visible how strategic decisions are turned into objectives, initiatives, operational work, measurement, and learning. | 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 an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. | For a risk that can only be managed through multiple layers of protection, the method examines the effectiveness of each barrier. It shows where safeguards are missing, too weak, or fail under real conditions. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Initial 3-6 h, then monthly or quarterly reviews | 1-4 Wochen je Sprint, laufend | 2-6 h | 2-4 h |
Participantsdifferent | 5-12 | 3-10 (Scrum Team) | 3-10 | 2-6 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Execution Loop, Review Cadence, Strategic Learning Log | Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, Increment, Sprint Goal | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions | Barrier Inventory, Failure Analysis per Barrier, Action Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | ExecutionCadenceLearningGovernance | AgileIterationCadence | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline | Root causeSafetyIncident |