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| Criterion |  Operations Waste Analysis |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery. | Helps clarify scope, order, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, constraints, and sequence manageable. The result is captured as a Cost of Delay table and prioritization sequence. | When a release carries too many demands and priorities are only ever negotiated, MoSCoW creates clear boundaries for the next cut. Must, Should, Could, and Won't make commitment, room for maneuver, and trade-off logic visible to everyone involved. | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | High | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 90-180 min | 30-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 3-8 | 3-12 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list |
Tagsno overlap | WasteLeanProcess improvement | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | PrioritizationScopeDecision | LeanFlowWasteDelivery |