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What is the WSJF for this item?

Score Business Value, Time Criticality, Risk Reduction/Opportunity Enablement, and Job Size. You get Cost of Delay and WSJF.

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Relative value to the customer or business. Closed scale used in facilitation.

How much value decays if you wait. Same closed scale.

Risk you cut or opportunity you unlock by doing this now.

Relative size of the work. Must be greater than zero on the same scale.

Cost of Delay

15

WSJF

3

(5 + 5 + 5) ÷ 5 = 15 ÷ 5

Where the numbers come from

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) WSJF: Cost of Delay ÷ Job Size (SAFe WSJF). Scales are facilitation practice, not a certification claim.

Prioritise with the people who have a stake

Invite stakeholders, collect scores, and publish the order.

See prioritisation