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| Criterion |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making DACI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | 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. | 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. | In cross-functional decisions, responsibilities quickly blur between approval, influence, and execution. DACI arranges these roles so decision pressure, contribution, and information stay cleanly separated. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 90-180 min | 30-60 min | 90-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-6 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-10 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | ICE Table, Top Idea List | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | DACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision Log |
Tagsno overlap | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment |