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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Product Discovery Assumption Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|
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 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. | When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 45-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Assumption map, Test backlog, Risk ranking |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation |
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