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Criterion
Paper illustration for Three-Point Estimation.
Decision Making
Three-Point Estimation
Paper illustration of a MoSCoW board with four columns and a visible release boundary.
Delivery
MoSCoW
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Purposedifferent
A single estimate for effort, time, or risk often looks too smooth for the real uncertainty behind it. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Three-Point Estimate, Risk Range, and Assumption Notes.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 knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.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
MediumLowHighHigh
Timedifferent
10-30 min je Item30-90 min1-4 Wochen90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
1-83-126-30 Experten3-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Three-Point Estimate, Risk Range, Assumption NotesPrioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff NotesExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
EstimationUncertaintyForecasting
PrioritizationScopeDecision
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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