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Paper illustration for Ideal Days.
Agile
Ideal Days
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
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 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.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
15-60 min90-180 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
2-93-82-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity CaveatsCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceICE Table, Top Idea List
Tagsno overlap
EstimationEffortAgile
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
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Decision Making
Decision Matrix
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Facilitation
Dot Estimation
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Product Discovery
Dual-Track Agile