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Paper illustration for Bottleneck Analysis.
Operations
Bottleneck Analysis
Paper illustration for T-Shirt Sizing.
Agile
T-Shirt Sizing
Paper illustration for Story Points.
Agile
Story Points
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 only needs to be classified roughly, it makes comparability more important than false precision. It helps sort work quickly into manageable sizes.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-45 minlaufend, 1-5 min je Item
Participantsdifferent
3-82-123-9
Formatsame
Workshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Bottleneck Map, Flow Metrics, Improvement Options, Follow-up MeasuresSize Buckets, Rough Backlog Map, Split CandidatesPoint Estimates, Reference Stories, Velocity Data
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FlowMeasurementConstraints
EstimationAgileRoadmap
EstimationAgileMeasurement
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Paper illustration for Theory of Constraints.
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Theory of Constraints