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| Criterion |  Agile WSJF |  Engineering Golden Path |  Operations Ivy Lee Method |  Delivery Cost of Delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 teams need a reliable default path for frequent use, sprawl quickly emerges without any guiding logic. Golden Path bundles the preferred path so good practice becomes easy and deviation becomes deliberate. | With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field. | 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. |
Complexitydifferent | High | Medium | Low | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 1-3 Tage Setup, laufend | 5-10 min daily | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 2-8 | 1 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Golden Path Guide, Templates, Quality Checks | Daily Priority List, Completion Notes | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | EngineeringProductivityGovernance | PrioritizationProductivityExecution | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |