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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Systems Thinking Evaporating Cloud |  Engineering Kanban |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | The method makes visible why two seemingly incompatible demands arise and which assumption must be tested to resolve the conflict. | When work sits in too many parallel streams, throughput suffers and no one sees the bottlenecks. Kanban makes the flow of work visible and limits overload so a system becomes calmer and more predictable. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 60-120 min | Ongoing |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 2-8 | 2-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Conflict Cloud, Assumption List, Breakthrough Ideas, Next Experiments | Kanban board, WIP policies, Flow metrics |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | Theory of ConstraintsAssumptionsSystems thinking | FlowVisual managementDelivery |
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