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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  Engineering Kanban |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | With high tempo and many parallel topics, the method makes status, deviations, and priorities visible at a glance. It reduces search effort and prevents what matters from getting lost in daily work. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-4 Wochen | Ongoing |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 6-30 Experten | 2-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | FlowVisual managementDelivery |
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