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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration of Team API with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Team API
Paper illustration for Communication Plan
Delivery
Communication Plan
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 expectations between teams stay fuzzy, it describes how a team can be reached, used, and held accountable. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Team API document.When many people need to be informed in parallel and messages would otherwise arrive unevenly or too late, a Communication Plan orders communication reliably. Channels, audiences, and cadences interlock so important information doesn't get lost.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
30-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
3-12Ein Team plus Stakeholder2-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsTeam API DocumentCommunication Plan, Channel Matrix, Message Cadence
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
CommunicationStakeholdersDeliveryPlanning
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Paper illustration for Expectation Mapping.
Facilitation
Expectation Mapping
Paper illustration of Power-Interest Grid with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Facilitation
Power Interest Grid