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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Agile WSJF |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-6 | 3-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | ICE Table, Top Idea List |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | DecisionTreeOptions | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision |