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| Criterion |  Operations Theory of Constraints |  Engineering Kanban |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a system that does not get faster despite effort, the method directs attention to the bottleneck. It concentrates improvement on the point that actually limits throughput. | 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. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 2-4 h Analyse, laufend | Ongoing | 90-180 min | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Constraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow Metrics | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement | FlowVisual managementDelivery | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |