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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Agile NoEstimates |  Operations Fishbone Diagram |
|---|---|---|---|
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 estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules. | When a problem has several possible contributing factors, the method sorts causes by cause areas. It prevents an initial hunch from blocking the view of other plausible drivers. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Fishbone Diagram, Cause Categories, Investigation Backlog |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | EstimationForecastingFlow | Root causeQualityOperations |
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