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Criterion
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Purposedifferent
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.When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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
LowHighMediumHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min45-90 min1-2 h90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
2-63-104-123-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Communication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceRanked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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