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| Criterion |  Agile WSJF |  Decision Making Risk Matrix |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  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 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. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | 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 | 30-60 min | 1-3 h | 90-180 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-10 | 3-10 | 3-8 | 3-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay Assumptions | Risk Matrix, Top Risk List | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | CoD Table, Prioritization Sequence |
Tagsno overlap | LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization | RiskDecisionPrioritizationAssessment | FailureResilienceRisk | PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision |