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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Engineering Kanban |  Operations Causal Factor 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. | 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. | For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | Ongoing | 2-6 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 2-12 | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Event Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | FlowVisual managementDelivery | CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline |
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