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| Criterion |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Engineering Kanban |  Decision Making Argument Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. | When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | Ongoing | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 2-8 | 2-8 | 2-12 | 1-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | ICE Table, Top Idea List | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics | Argument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | FlowVisual managementDelivery | SensemakingDecisionRationale |