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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
A paper-based illustration representing Customer Journey Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
UX Design
Customer Journey Canvas
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 a journey needs to be understood across several phases, it arranges experience, touchpoints, and opportunities into one picture. It makes gaps and friction along the user path clear.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
30-90 minHalf day initial, dann laufend1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
3-12Ein Team plus Stakeholder3-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsTeam API DocumentCustomer Journey Canvas, Pain Points, Experience Opportunities
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
TeamAlignmentCommunicationService
JourneyCustomerService designCanvas
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Paper illustration of a journey map with four connected phases, several experience lanes and a point marked for closer investigation.
UX Research
Customer Journey Mapping
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Architecture
Architecture Communication Canvas