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Criterion
A paper-based illustration representing WSJF with its core stages and visible working result.
Agile
WSJF
Value Stream Mapping workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Delivery
Value Stream Mapping
Paper illustration of ICE Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
ICE Scoring
Paper illustration of Cost of Delay with its method-specific working model.
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 delivery work dissolves into wait times, handoffs, and hidden effort, Value Stream Mapping makes the actual flow visible. The method exposes bottlenecks, idle time, and feedback loops so lead time and improvement levers become tangible.When ideas need sorting quickly, it condenses impact, confidence, and effort into one compact score. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as an ICE table and top-ideas list.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
HighMediumLowHigh
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-3 h30-60 min90-180 min
Participantsdifferent
3-104-102-83-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Ranked Backlog, Cost-of-Delay AssumptionsCurrent-state map, Future-state map, Bottleneck listICE Table, Top Idea ListCoD Table, Prioritization Sequence
Tagsno overlap
LeanEconomicsSequencePrioritization
LeanFlowWasteDelivery
PrioritizationScoringGrowthDecision
PrioritizationDeliveryEconomicsDecision
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