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| Criterion |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 60-120 min | 90-180 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs |