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Criterion
Paper illustration of a decision table with criteria rows, weighted ratings, and a narrowly leading alternative.
Decision Making
Decision Matrix
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Purposedifferent
When several options collide with several criteria, comparison quickly becomes subjective. A Decision Matrix makes the trade-off visible and brings weighting, criteria, and options into a shared logic.When estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 minlaufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
2-82-123-8
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected OptionThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing RulesBottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures
Tagsno overlap
DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs
EstimationForecastingFlow
FlowMeasurementConstraints
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Paper illustration for Trade-off Analysis.
Decision Making
Trade-off Analysis
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring