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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Architecture Software Architecture Canvas |  Engineering Kanban |  Facilitation Consensus 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. | The Software Architecture Canvas reduces a system to the most important architecture decisions, constraints, and interfaces. It is useful when teams need a resilient overall picture quickly. | 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 group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 1-2 h | Ongoing | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-10 | 2-12 | 5-30 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Architecture Canvas, Goals, Constraints, Quality Attributes | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | CanvasArchitectureAlignmentWorkshop | FlowVisual managementDelivery | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment |