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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration for 8D Problem Solving.
Operations
8D Problem Solving
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
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 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.For an acute quality or delivery problem, the method structures immediate protection and root cause work together. It keeps the situation stable while the actual cause is investigated cleanly.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.
Complexitydifferent
HighMediumHighHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h1-6 Wochen90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-104-104-103-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list8D Report, Containment Plan, Root Cause Evidence, Corrective Action PlanCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
QualityProblem solvingRoot cause
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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