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Criterion
Paper illustration of a MoSCoW board with four columns and a visible release boundary.
Delivery
MoSCoW
Paper illustration for DACI
Decision Making
DACI
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration of Stakeholder Salience Model with its method-specific working model.
Facilitation
Stakeholder Salience Model
Purposedifferent
When a release carries too many demands and priorities are only ever negotiated, MoSCoW creates clear boundaries for the next cut. Must, Should, Could, and Won't make commitment, room for maneuver, and trade-off logic visible to everyone involved.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.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.When stakeholders appear to matter very differently, the Stakeholder Salience Model rates their actual priority through power, legitimacy, and urgency. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Salience diagram and a class-based strategy.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 min30-60 min1-2 h60-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-104-123-6
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff NotesDACI Matrix, Decision Owner, Decision LogAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsSalience Diagram, Strategy per Class
Tagsno overlap
PrioritizationScopeDecision
DecisionRolesGovernanceAlignment
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentGovernance
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