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| Criterion |  Agile WSJF |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Operations Eat the Frog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field. | The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 h | 5-10 min daily | 15-90 min daily |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 4-10 | 1 | 1 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Async | Async |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus |
Tagsno overlap | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution |