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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Operations Getting Things Done |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-2 h Setup, laufend | 45-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 1 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Action Lists, Project List, Review Routine | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions |
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