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| Criterion | ![]() Delivery Value Stream Mapping | ![]() Delivery Monte Carlo Forecasting | ![]() Decision Making Decision Matrix | ![]() 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. | Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, and Risk Communication. | 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. | 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 | High | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-90 min Setup, danach laufend | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 1-8 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Forecast Percentiles, Throughput Dataset, Risk Communication | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | ForecastingFlowDelivery | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |



