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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Delivery Communication Plan |  Operations Causal Factor Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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 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. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 | 3-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline |
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