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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Product Discovery Jobs to Be Done |  Operations After-Action Review |  Product Discovery Product Kata |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 switching motives and progress are unclear, it reconstructs the situation from real customer circumstances. It shows why a switch happens and what kind of progress is being sought. | After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement. | Product Kata helps clarify customer problems, solution ideas, and evidence through a repeatable improvement routine. It captures direction, current metric, target metric, experiment notes, and learning. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | 1-3 Wochen | 20-45 min | 1-2 Wochen je Loop |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 5-12 Interviews | 3-12 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Job Stories, Outcome Statements, Opportunity List | Lessons learned, Action items, Event summary | Direction, Current metric, Target metric, Experiment note, Learning report |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | CustomerOutcomesNeeds | LearningOperationsImprovement | OutcomesDiscoveryLearningIterationCoaching |