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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Purposedifferent
When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min15-45 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-101-31-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of Request for Comments (RFC) with its method-specific working model.
Architecture
Request for Comments
Paper illustration for Cynefin Workshop.
Decision Making
Cynefin Workshop