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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Agile WSJF |  Innovation Lean Startup |  Product Strategy Lean Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | For uncertain business assumptions, the method forces the idea into contact with real market reactions early. It separates wishful picture, assumption, and observable behavior, so that learning becomes faster than planning. This translates uncertainty into measurable insight. | When an early product bet still has too many open points, it brings target group, problem, and assumptions into a single view. It condenses the idea so core risks become nameable. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | High | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | Wochen bis Monate je Lernzyklus | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-10 | 2-8 | 1-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Hypothesis list, MVPs, Learning reports, Pivot or persevere decision | Lean Canvas, Core Assumptions, Experiment Backlog |
Tags1 shared | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | LeanStartupValidationMVP | StartupLeanAssumptionsBusiness model |