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Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints.
Operations
Theory of Constraints
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.For a system that does not get faster despite effort, the method directs attention to the bottleneck. It concentrates improvement on the point that actually limits throughput.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
30-90 min2-4 h Analyse, laufend
Participantssame
3-123-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsConstraint Map, Improvement Plan, Flow Metrics
Tagsno overlap
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
OperationsConstraintsFlowImprovement
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After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
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Bottleneck Analysis