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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
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 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.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 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
HighMediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minlaufend90-180 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-102-123-84-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
EstimationForecastingFlow
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
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