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| Criterion |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Business Strategy McKinsey 7S |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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. | McKinsey 7S checks whether Strategy, Structure, Systems, Shared Values, Skills, Style, and Staff fit together. Organizational misalignments become visible across multiple levers as a result. | 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 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. |
Complexitydifferent | Low | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 2-4 h | 90-180 min | 1-2 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-12 | 3-8 | 4-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | 7S Assessment, Alignment Gaps, Change Actions | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScopeDecision | OrganizationStrategyAlignmentChange | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation |