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| Criterion |  Facilitation Alignment Mapping |  Agile Affinity Estimation |  Agile ROAM Board |  Agile Bucket System |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable. | 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 work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | When a large batch of work needs a fast, rough estimate, it sorts items into predefined size buckets. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, and Split Candidates. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Medium |
Timedifferent | 1-2 h | 30-90 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 30-90 min |
Participantsdifferent | 4-12 | 3-12 | 3-15 | 3-12 |
Formatdifferent | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Alignment Map, Open Issues, Decision Questions | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | ROAM Board, Owner List | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates |
Tagsno overlap | AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing |