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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Engineering Kanban |  Business Strategy Porter Five Forces |  Business Strategy SWOT 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 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. | Porter Five Forces analyzes the forces that shape competitive pressure and profitability in a market. The view of market structure goes beyond individual competitors and reveals systemic pressure points. | SWOT Analysis arranges strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats into a compact picture of the situation. It keeps internal capabilities and external influences separate before strategic options emerge from them. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | Ongoing | 1-3 h | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-12 | 2-8 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Five Forces Analysis, Competitive Risks, Strategic Options | SWOT matrix, Strategic options, Action list |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | FlowVisual managementDelivery | StrategyCompetitionMarket | StrategyAnalysisMarketPositioning |