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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Operations Root Cause Analysis |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Pareto Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 problem keeps recurring and the cause stays unclear, the method exposes the underlying mechanism. It separates symptom, guess, and robust explanation from one another. | 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. | In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-4 h | 90-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-8 | 3-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Problem Statement, Cause Hypotheses, Confirmed Causes, Action Plan | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | Root causeProblem solvingQualityIncident | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause |