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| Criterion |  Agile WSJF |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |  Decision Making Pareto Analysis |  Operations 5 Whys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. | In many problem situations, effect is distributed unequally across many causes. A Pareto Analysis separates the few drivers with high leverage from the long remainder and focuses attention on what measurably moves the needle. | For a single, hard-to-explain deviation, the method exposes the causal chain behind the visible symptom. It keeps the cause open until a controllable condition emerges instead of a mere description. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Low | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 15-30 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries | Pareto Chart, Top Causes, Focus List | Root cause notes, Countermeasures |
Tagsno overlap | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions | PrioritizationQualityFocusRoot cause | Root causeIncidentLeanProblem solving |