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| Criterion | ![]() Agile Bucket System | ![]() Agile Affinity Estimation | ![]() Business Strategy Three Horizons |
|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | 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. | 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. | Three Horizons helps clarify strategic options across different timeframes. It compares strengths, risks, market logic, and investment choices, and captures the result as a horizon map, portfolio view, and initiatives per horizon. |
Complexitysame | Medium | Medium | Medium |
Timedifferent | 30-90 min | 30-90 min | Halbtags-Workshop, dann iterativ |
Participantssame | 3-12 | 3-12 | 3-12 |
Formatsame | Workshop | Workshop | Workshop |
Outputdifferent | Bucketed Backlog, Relative Estimates, Split Candidates | Affinity Size Map, Grouped Estimates, Unclear Items | Horizon map, Portfolio view, Initiatives per horizon, Resource plan |
Tagsno overlap | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | EstimationBacklogRelative sizing | StrategyInnovationPortfolioForesight |
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