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| Criterion |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  Facilitation Consensus Workshop |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer. | When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-90 min | 1-3 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-10 | 5-30 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | Consensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority Areas | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScopeDecision | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |