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Criterion
Paper illustration of a review with planned work, actual event sequence, comparison, and assigned improvement actions.
Operations
After-Action Review
Paper illustration for Affinity Estimation.
Agile
Affinity Estimation
Paper illustration for NoEstimates.
Agile
NoEstimates
Purposedifferent
After missions or project phases with unclear outcomes, the method makes visible what actually happened and what can be learned from it. It separates course, effect, and causes so experience turns into solid improvement.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 estimating slows a team down more than it helps, it shifts the focus to flow, small slices, and real lead time. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Throughput Data, Flow Forecast, and Slicing Rules.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
20-45 min30-90 minlaufend
Participantsdifferent
3-123-122-12
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Lessons learned, Action items, Event summaryAffinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear ItemsThroughput Data, Flow Forecast, Slicing Rules
Tagsno overlap
LearningOperationsImprovement
EstimationBacklogRelative sizing
EstimationForecastingFlow
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints.
Operations
Theory of Constraints
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Operations
Learning Review
Paper illustration for Monte Carlo Forecasting.
Delivery
Monte Carlo Forecasting