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| Criterion |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Facilitation Dot Voting |  Facilitation Nominal Group Technique |  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 workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection. | When loud voices could dominate a round, Nominal Group Technique protects individual thinking time from group effects. It collects ideas separately first and only then enables shared weighting. | 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 | 5-15 min | 60-120 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-20 | 5-12 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | Ranked list, Consensus signal, Shortlist | Ranked Ideas, Clarified Options, Group Priority | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tags1 shared | PrioritizationScopeDecision | FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization | FacilitationPrioritizationVotingInclusion | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |