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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Agile Story Splitting |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|
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 story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-60 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 2-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split Rationale | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | BacklogIterationDelivery | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |
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