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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Anonymous individual judgments pass through feedback loops to form a distribution.
Decision Making
Delphi Method
Paper illustration of a calm four-quadrant Assumption Map with hypothesis cards and emphasis on important assumptions with little evidence.
Product Discovery
Assumption Mapping
Paper illustration of a calibrated five-by-five risk matrix with response cards.
Decision Making
Risk Matrix
Purposedifferent
When many tasks compete for the same capacity, it orders work by economic impact. It makes time lost, benefit, and effort comparable together.When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together.When assumptions still sit unordered in the room, it weighs uncertainty against leverage. It makes visible which hypotheses should be checked first.When a project faces many possible disruptions, it quickly becomes unclear which risks deserve attention first. It separates options, evaluation criteria, and open risks. The result is captured as a Risk Matrix and a Top Risk List.
Complexitydifferent
HighHighMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-4 Wochen45-60 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-106-30 Experten2-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsExpert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption NotesAssumption map, Test backlog, Risk rankingRisk Matrix, Top Risk List
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy
AssumptionsRiskExperimentsValidation
RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment
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