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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Engineering Kanban |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 a release carries too many demands and priorities are only ever negotiated, MoSCoW creates clear boundaries for the next cut. Must, Should, Could, and Won't make commitment, room for maneuver, and trade-off logic visible to everyone involved. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | Ongoing |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | 1-6 | 2-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | PrioritizationScopeDecision | DecisionTreeOptions | FlowVisual managementDelivery |