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| Criterion |  Operations Waste Analysis |  Product Strategy RICE Scoring |  Agile WSJF |  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. | When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | 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 | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 45-120 min | 60-90 min | 45-90 min | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-10 | 3-10 | 4-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Waste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement Backlog | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list |
Tagsno overlap | WasteLeanProcess improvement | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | LeanFlowWasteDelivery |