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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Agile Story Points |  Agile NoEstimates |
|---|---|---|---|
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 teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data. | 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. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | laufend |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-9 | 2-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | EstimationAgileMeasurement | EstimationForecastingFlow |
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