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Criterion
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Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration for Waste Analysis.
Operations
Waste Analysis
Paper illustration for Causal Factor Analysis.
Operations
Causal Factor Analysis
Purposedifferent
When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.For a process that keeps people busy but creates little value, the method exposes waste. It directs attention to unnecessary movement, waiting times, rework, and overdelivery.For an event with a complicated course, the method breaks down the contributing factors along the timeline. It shows how conditions, decisions, and reactions together produce a course of events.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-120 min2-6 h
Participantsdifferent
3-102-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsWaste Map, Prioritized Waste, Improvement BacklogEvent Timeline, Causal Factor Chart, Cause List, Corrective Actions
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
WasteLeanProcess improvement
CausalityIncidentRoot causeTimeline
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Operations
Barrier Analysis
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Delivery
Cost of Delay
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Systems Thinking
Current Reality Tree