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Criterion
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.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
MediumHighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen15-60 min je Zyklus90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
4-106-30 Experten1-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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