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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Engineering Failure Scenario Analysis |  Decision Making Constraint Analysis |
|---|---|---|---|
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. | In critical processes, it is not enough to plan only for the normal case. Failure Scenario Analysis looks at the path into failure and shows which failures, chains, and control gaps cause the most damage. | When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 1-3 h | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 2-8 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Failure Scenarios, Risk Notes, Control Gaps, Test and Response Actions | Constraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | FailureResilienceRisk | ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions |
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