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| Criterion |  Agile Story Splitting |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Delivery Cost of Delay |  Product Strategy ICE Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When a story becomes too large for a clean flow, it breaks scope down along value and risk. It shapes the work into a form that ships earlier and is easier to verify. | When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes. | 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 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 | Medium | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-60 min | 30-90 min | 90-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 2-6 | 3-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Smaller Stories, Acceptance Criteria, Split Rationale | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | ICE Table, Top Idea List |
Tagsno overlap | BacklogIterationDelivery | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision |