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| Criterion |  Agile WSJF |  Decision Making Pre-Mortem |  Product Discovery Riskiest Assumption Test |  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. | In early initiatives with many uncertainties, planning quickly turns too optimistic. A pre-mortem makes the expected failure visible in advance and sharpens the view of causes, gaps, and countermeasures. | When an idea hinges on one critical unknown, it prioritizes testing that exact piece of uncertainty first. It separates problem, assumption, solution, and evidence. The result is captured as a prioritized list of assumptions, a test plan, and a result report. | 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 | Low | Medium | High |
Timedifferent | 45-90 min | 20–45 min | 1-2 Wochen pro Iteration | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | Small cross-functional group | 2-6 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Risk list, Mitigation plan, Assumption log | Prioritized Assumption List, Test Plan, Results Report | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | RiskDecisionFailurePlanning | ExperimentsValidationDiscoveryAssumptions | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |