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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Engineering Kanban |  Decision Making Decision Framing Workshop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | 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. | When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-120 min | Ongoing | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 | 2-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Decision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | FlowVisual managementDelivery | Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions |