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| Criterion |  Operations Visual Management |  Agile NoEstimates |  Agile Story Points |  Operations Bottleneck 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 estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules. | When teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data. | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | Ongoing | laufend | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 1-20 | 2-12 | 3-9 | 3-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Visual Board, Status Indicators, Exception Cues | Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures |
Tagsno overlap | SignalsOperationsVisual management | EstimationForecastingFlow | EstimationAgileMeasurement | FlowMeasurementConstraints |