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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Affinity Estimation | ![]() Agile Sprint Retrospective | ![]() Operations Learning Review |
|---|---|---|---|
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 a sprint is over and friction shouldn't simply be carried forward, it opens the view onto collaboration and patterns. It creates space to see causes and changes together. | After a project phase with mixed results, the method makes learning from the individual case reusable. It connects events, decisions, and systemic conditions into robust insights. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | Up to 3 hours for a one-month Sprint; shorter Sprints are usually shorter | 1-3 h |
Participantsdifferent | 3-12 | Scrum Team | 3-10 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Improvement actions, Team agreements | Learning Review Notes, System Factors, Improvement Actions |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | RetrospectiveImprovementLearning | LearningRetrospectiveIncidentOperations |
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