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| Criterion |  Operations Waste Analysis |  Engineering Kanban |  Growth A/B Testing |  Product Discovery Smoke Test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | 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. | When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects. | When demand only needs to be roughly verified, it tests interest with minimal effort. It measures whether people would take a next step at all. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | Ongoing | 1-4 Wochen | 1-5 Tage |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-12 | 1-6 | Nutzertraffic |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Experiment results, Decision log, Learning summary | Interest Metrics, Conversion Signal, Learning Note |
Tagsno overlap | WasteLeanProcess improvement | FlowVisual managementDelivery | ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation | ValidationExperimentsDemandGrowth |