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| Criterion |  Operations Bottleneck Analysis |  Agile Ideal Days |  Agile Story Points |  Agile T-Shirt Sizing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | For a flow that backs up at one point, the method looks for the capacity limit with the greatest leverage. It explains why extra effort elsewhere barely improves throughput. | When effort needs to be thought of as real working time, it offers a simple common denominator for comparison. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, and Capacity Caveats. | When teams want to rate complexity rather than hours, it creates a shared, relative scale. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as Point Estimates, Reference Stories, and Velocity Data. | When effort only needs to be classified roughly, it makes comparability more important than false precision. It helps sort work quickly into manageable sizes. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Low | Medium | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-3 h | 15-60 min | laufend, 1-5 min je Item | 15-45 min |
Participantsdifferent | 3-8 | 2-9 | 3-9 | 2-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up Measures | Ideal Day Estimates, Assumption Notes, Capacity Caveats | Point Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data | Size Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split Candidates |
Tagsno overlap | FlowMeasurementConstraints | EstimationEffortAgile | EstimationAgileMeasurement | EstimationAgileRoadmap |