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| Criterion |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Decision Making Option Framing |  Decision Making Delphi Method |  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. | In early decisions, alternatives are often still vague, incomplete, or blended together. Option Framing brings every possibility into a comparable form and makes visible which variant actually fits the question. | When knowledge is distributed and direct dominance should be avoided, groups quickly fall under the sway of their opinion leaders. The Delphi Method gathers assessments iteratively and gradually brings expert judgments closer together. | 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 | Medium | Medium | High | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 45-120 min | 1-4 Wochen | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | 3-8 | 6-30 Experten | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop + async | Async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Option Frames, Assumption Notes, Comparable Shortlist, Decision Inputs | Expert Forecast, Consensus Range, Assumption Notes | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | OptionsDecision framingStrategyComparison | ForecastingExpertsDecisionStrategy | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |