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Criterion
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Purposedifferent
When many tasks need to be classified quickly, it sorts them by perceived effort and similarity. It reduces the effort of fine-grained estimation for large volumes.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-124-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
StrategyMetricsExecution
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
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Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration of KPI Tree with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
KPI Tree
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping