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| Criterion |  Delivery MoSCoW |  Facilitation Six Thinking Hats |  Facilitation Decision Jam |  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 topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together. | 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. | 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 | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 4-12 | 4-10 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items | Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, Experiment | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tags1 shared | PrioritizationScopeDecision | FacilitationOptionsDecision | FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |