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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
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
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.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.IBIS structures thinking about complex questions as a sequence of issues, ideas, and arguments. The method keeps discussions open without forcing them into premature consensus.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
HighHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min90-180 min1-3 h1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-103-82-81-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsCoD Table, Prioritization SequenceIssue Map, Positions, Argument NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
RationaleKnowledgeDecision
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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