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| Criterion |  Agile WSJF |  Delivery Shape Up |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Delivery Communication Plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | Shape Up helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow. It makes work boundaries and decisions explicit and captures results as pitches, bet-table decisions, and hill charts. | 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. | When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 6 Wochen Cycle + 2 Wochen Cool-Down | 1-3 h | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-4 pro Pitch | 4-10 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Pitches, Bet-table decisions, Hill charts, Cooldown outcomes | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence |
Tagsno overlap | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | PlanningDeliveryAutonomy | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning |