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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |  Engineering Kanban |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | Ongoing | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 2-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | FlowVisual managementDelivery | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |