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| Criterion |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Knowledge Modeling IBIS |  Decision Making Assumption Surfacing |  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. | IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus. | Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it. | 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 | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 2-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | Issue Map, Positions, Argument Notes | Assumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning Plan | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tags1 shared | PrioritizationScopeDecision | RationaleKnowledgeDecision | AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |