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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Product Discovery Context Canvas |  Agile Bucket System |  Architecture Architecture Communication Canvas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency. | 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. | The Architecture Communication Canvas plans architecture communication so the right people receive the right message. The method turns technical complexity into deliberate communication design. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-90 min | 30-90 min | 60-120 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-10 | 3-12 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Context canvas, Open questions, Shared context notes | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | Communication Canvas, Stakeholder Messages, Architecture Communication Plan |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | ArchitectureCommunicationStakeholdersCanvas |