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| Criterion |  Delivery Value Stream Mapping |  Agile WSJF |  Product Strategy RICE Scoring |  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 many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together. | When many initiatives compete for the same resources, it brings reach, impact, confidence, and effort into one shared ranking. It makes prioritization economically connectable. | 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 | High | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 45-90 min | 60-90 min | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-10 | 3-10 | 2-10 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Current-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck list | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | RICE Scores, Ranked List, Assumption Log | ICE Table, Top Idea List |
Tagsno overlap | LeanFlowWasteDelivery | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | PrioritizationScoringRoadmapTradeoffs | PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision |