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| Criterion | ![]() Delivery Value Stream Mapping | ![]() Delivery MoSCoW | ![]() Delivery Cost of Delay | ![]() Product Strategy ICE Scoring |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible. | 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. | 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 | Low | High | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 30-90 min | 90-180 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Prioritized Backlog, Release Scope, Tradeoff Notes | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence | ICE Table, Top Idea List |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | PrioritizationScopeDecision | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision |



