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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Decision Making Decision Tree |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. | For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch. | 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 | Medium | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-60 min | 30-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 1-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Decision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | DecisionTreeOptions | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |