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| Criterion |  Agile Ideal Days |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Decision Making Decision Matrix |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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 | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 15-60 min | 90-180 min | 45-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-9 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Decision Matrix, Scoring Rationale, Selected Option |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationEffortAgile | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | DecisionCriteriaScoringTradeoffs |
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