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| Criterion |  Product Strategy RICE Scoring |  Architecture C4 Model |  Decision Making Trade-off Analysis |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | The C4 Model makes a system legible across several resolution levels, from context down to code. It suits situations where different audiences need to understand the same architecture from different altitudes. | With limited resources, quality, speed, cost, and risk almost always compete with each other. Trade-off Analysis makes these tensions explicit and prevents decisions from producing hidden side effects. | When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 60-90 min | 1-4 h | 45-120 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-10 | 1-5 | 2-8 | 2-8 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | Context Diagram, Container Diagram, Component Diagram | Trade-off Matrix, Criteria List, Decision Rationale, Accepted Downsides | ICE Table, Top Idea List |
Tagsno overlap | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | ArchitectureCommunicationVisualization | TradeoffsDecisionCriteriaOptions | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision |