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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Decision Making RAPID |  Decision Making Decision Rights Mapping |  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. | In complex management decisions, clarity is often missing about who recommends, who agrees, and who makes the decision. RAPID creates this assignment and stabilizes decisions across several levels. | In organizations with many stakeholders, it often blurs who actually decides and who is merely consulted. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Decision Rights matrix and an agreement. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 90-180 min | Ongoing |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | 4-12 | 2-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | RAPID Role Map, Recommendation, Decision Log | Decision Rights Matrix, Agreement | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | DecisionRolesGovernance | DecisionGovernanceAlignmentResponsibility | FlowVisual managementDelivery |