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Criterion
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration of a MoSCoW board with four columns and a visible release boundary.
Delivery
MoSCoW
Paper illustration for Planning Poker.
Agile
Planning Poker
Purposedifferent
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.When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats.When a release carries too many demands and priorities are only ever negotiated, MoSCoW creates clear boundaries for the next cut. Must, Should, Could, and Won't make commitment, room for maneuver, and trade-off logic visible to everyone involved.When estimates within the team diverge too much, it puts differing expectations on a common test bench. It separates rough complexity from unspoken assumptions.
Complexitydifferent
HighLowLowLow
Timedifferent
90-180 min15-60 min30-90 min2-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
3-82-93-123-9
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
CoD Table, Prioritization SequenceIdeal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsPrioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff NotesRelative Estimates, Assumption Notes, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
EstimationEffortAgile
PrioritizationScopeDecision
EstimationAgileRelative sizingTeam
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