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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 of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept 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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
45-90 min15-45 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-101-31-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
Delivery
Cost of Delay
Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
Knowledge Modeling
IBIS