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Criterion
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
Paper illustration for Bucket System.
Agile
Bucket System
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid
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.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.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.When many stakeholders compete for attention at once, the Power Interest Grid sorts them by influence and stake. It turns individual contributions into a visible selection. The result is captured as a Power Interest Grid and a stakeholder-specific strategy.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min45-90 min30-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-122-63-122-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message CadenceBucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split CandidatesPower Interest Grid, Strategy per Stakeholder
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
StakeholdersFacilitationAlignmentPlanning
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